The Life and Times of Alfred the GreatG. Bell, 1848 - 417 pages |
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Page vii
... Ethelwerd . All these are so well known to those who are ac- quainted with books , that they require but little description . Asser , being contemporary with Alfred , may be supposed to claim the greatest attention to what he relates ...
... Ethelwerd . All these are so well known to those who are ac- quainted with books , that they require but little description . Asser , being contemporary with Alfred , may be supposed to claim the greatest attention to what he relates ...
Page viii
... Ethelwerd was of princely birth , and related to the family of King Alfred . His work , though it contains little beyond what is to be found in Asser or the Saxon Chronicle , is a valuable commentary on their text , and occasionally ...
... Ethelwerd was of princely birth , and related to the family of King Alfred . His work , though it contains little beyond what is to be found in Asser or the Saxon Chronicle , is a valuable commentary on their text , and occasionally ...
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... Ethelwerd relate it by anticipation , under the year 755 , proving , even if the fact were otherwise doubtful , that these two chronicles have been copied the one from the other , or that both are derived from a common source . k The ...
... Ethelwerd relate it by anticipation , under the year 755 , proving , even if the fact were otherwise doubtful , that these two chronicles have been copied the one from the other , or that both are derived from a common source . k The ...
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... Ethelwerd ' , more fully than by the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle . " Whilst the pious king Bertric was reign- ing over the western parts of the English , and the innocent people , dispersed throughout their fields , were enjoying themselves ...
... Ethelwerd ' , more fully than by the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle . " Whilst the pious king Bertric was reign- ing over the western parts of the English , and the innocent people , dispersed throughout their fields , were enjoying themselves ...
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... ETHELwerd , FLORENCE , SIMEON , and HUNTINGDON ; but Ethelwerd alone tells us that it happened on the day of Egbert's coronation . ings of peace and good government . In 805 died 20 LIFE AND TIMES OF ALFRED THE GREAT . [ CH . III .
... ETHELwerd , FLORENCE , SIMEON , and HUNTINGDON ; but Ethelwerd alone tells us that it happened on the day of Egbert's coronation . ings of peace and good government . In 805 died 20 LIFE AND TIMES OF ALFRED THE GREAT . [ CH . III .
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abbat abbey Ælfred afterwards Alderman Alfred's ancient Anglo-Saxon Annals Asser Athelney authority battle bishop body Britain Britons Brompton brother Burrhed called Chippenham Chron Church coast Croyland abbey Cuthbert Danes Danish death defeated dominions ealle earl East Anglia Edmund Egbert enemy England English Ethelbald Ethelbert Ethelred Ethelwerd Ethelwolf Exeter father fled fleet Flor fortress Guthrum Halfdene Henry of Huntingdon Heptarchy Hinguar historian holy honours Hubba hundred Hunt Huntingdon Ingulf invaders invasion island Kent King Alfred king of Mercia king of Wessex king's kingdom land Lappenberg Latin learning Lodbroc Malmesbury Matthew of Westminster mind monastery monks narrative Neot nobles Northumberland Pagans peace plunder possession prince probably ravages reign Rome saint Saxon Chronicle says seems shew ships slain Spelman subjects Sussex throne tithes translation Turner victory Wessex West-Saxons whilst whole William of Malmesbury Winchester words writers