Asser's Life of King AlfredChatto & Windus, 1908 - 163 pages |
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... gave him the two monas- teries of Congresbury and Banwell , " with all that was in them , " in addition to a silken pall and " as much incense as could be borne by a strong man . ” He added that these presents were merely an earnest of ...
... gave him the two monas- teries of Congresbury and Banwell , " with all that was in them , " in addition to a silken pall and " as much incense as could be borne by a strong man . ” He added that these presents were merely an earnest of ...
Page liv
... gave Gifts to God , and how Alfred went to Rome the Second Time · How Ethelbald , the King's Son , conspired against the King · How King Ethelwulf returned from Rome , and how he showed Wondrous Clemency . How King Ethelwulf caused ...
... gave Gifts to God , and how Alfred went to Rome the Second Time · How Ethelbald , the King's Son , conspired against the King · How King Ethelwulf returned from Rome , and how he showed Wondrous Clemency . How King Ethelwulf caused ...
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... the King , and of the Gifts that the King gave him · How the Pagans besieged Paris in Vain How Alfred restored London Concerning Grimbald and the Men of Oxford How the Pagans warred in the Land of the West TABLE OF CONTENTS lvii.
... the King , and of the Gifts that the King gave him · How the Pagans besieged Paris in Vain How Alfred restored London Concerning Grimbald and the Men of Oxford How the Pagans warred in the Land of the West TABLE OF CONTENTS lvii.
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... the Time • 85 God · How he provided for the King's Service How Alfred gave Gifts to Craftsmen and to Strangers How Alfred devoted the Half of his Wealth How Alfred devised Means for telling the Time • · lviii TABLE OF CONTENTS.
... the Time • 85 God · How he provided for the King's Service How Alfred gave Gifts to Craftsmen and to Strangers How Alfred devoted the Half of his Wealth How Alfred devised Means for telling the Time • · lviii TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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... gave his daughter to Burhred , king of the Mercians , to be his queen . And the marriage was celebrated with royal pomp in the king's residence which is called Chippenham HOW THE PAGANS WINTERED IN SHEPPEY THE SECOND TIME , AND ...
... gave his daughter to Burhred , king of the Mercians , to be his queen . And the marriage was celebrated with royal pomp in the king's residence which is called Chippenham HOW THE PAGANS WINTERED IN SHEPPEY THE SECOND TIME , AND ...
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abbot Albans Chronicle Matt Alfred's Anglo-Saxons Annals army Arnulf Ashdown Asser Athelney Athelstan attack battle Beorhtric birth of King bishop brother Burhred called Charles Charles the Bald charter Christians Chron Chronicle s. a. 855 church commanded Danes Danish day and night death divided Eadburh ealdorman Earle and Plummer East Angles Edward the Elder England Ethelbald Ethelbert Ethelwerd Exeter Florence of Worcester fought Frankish gave Gesta Regum Grimbald Guthrum heathen Hincmar holy honour Ibid illness Incarnation infra interpolated jarls Judith Kemble Kent King Alfred King Ethelred King Ethelwulf king's kingdom land Lappenberg learned letters Lewis Lord eight hundred Malm marriage mentioned Mercia monastery nobles Northumbria Offa Osburh pagans passage is based Pauli Pope prayer realm reign Rome royal Saint Saint Neot says Sedulius ships Sidroc Stevenson story supra thegns victory Welsh Wessex West Saxons William of Malmesbury wintered
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