CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. Preface-page ix Essays illustrative of England and the English in the time of king Alfred. 1. Harmony of the Chroniclers during the life of king Alfred: A. D. 849-901-page 1 2. Sketch of the Anglo-Saxon Mint-129 3. Description of all the coins of king Alfred now remaining-137 4. A metrical English version of KING ALFRE POEMS, to illustrate Anglo-Saxon poetry in general-157 KING ALFRED'S PARLIAMENT at Shifford, a metrical fragment from the Anglo-Saxon, (otherwise called KING ALFRED'S PROVERBS)-249 5. History and Political state of Europe in the ninth century, the age of king Alfred the Great.-257 6. Description of king Alfred's jewel, with some obser vations on the art of working in gold and silver among the Anglo-Saxons-327 7. The Danes: 1. Their warlike deeds and character, 3. Their religion.-4. Their polity.-5. Their love and mode of war.-6. Their manners, customs, and occupations.-7. Their arts and language-337 Regner Lodbrog's Death-song-376 8. KING ALFRED'S CHARTERS translated from the Latin and Anglo-Saxon originals in Kemble's Codex Diplomaticus Anglo-Saxonicus-379. 9. KING ALFRED'S WILL-399 10. Tabular view of the decline and fall of the Heptarchy in the life-time of king Alfred-411 11. Domestic manners and habits of the Anglo-Saxons-413. 12. Traces of the Danes in England-493 13. Grimbald's Crypt-543 King Alfred's Jewel, to face the title. Seven plates of coins, to face page 543. PLATES. Grimbald's Crypt, to face page 543. |