The Life and Times of Alfred the GreatG. Bell, 1848 - 417 pages |
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... Latin tongue - Alfred learns Latin - His literary works - His Enchiridion or Manual - Preface to Gregory's Pastoral Care - Translation of Boethius - Translation of Orosius , & c - Voyages of Othther and Wulfstan - Alfred's foreigu ...
... Latin tongue - Alfred learns Latin - His literary works - His Enchiridion or Manual - Preface to Gregory's Pastoral Care - Translation of Boethius - Translation of Orosius , & c - Voyages of Othther and Wulfstan - Alfred's foreigu ...
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... Latin of it , where he speaks of her giving to the Church a revenue of 4000 eels in Lakinghith . It appears also clearly , that the Saxon queens were always , in the latter times of that kingdom , crowned , anointed , and set with the ...
... Latin of it , where he speaks of her giving to the Church a revenue of 4000 eels in Lakinghith . It appears also clearly , that the Saxon queens were always , in the latter times of that kingdom , crowned , anointed , and set with the ...
Page 85
... Latin tongue only ; for by the universal sovereignty of Rome , the vernacular languages of the conquered nations , however they may have retained their place as the idiom of the people at large , were in every case superseded by the Latin ...
... Latin tongue only ; for by the universal sovereignty of Rome , the vernacular languages of the conquered nations , however they may have retained their place as the idiom of the people at large , were in every case superseded by the Latin ...
Page 86
... Latin literature was so low , that the young prince hardly knew where to find a teacher in all his brother's dominions . The first impulse , which had been given to Latin literature among the Anglo - Saxons by the arrival of Archbishop ...
... Latin literature was so low , that the young prince hardly knew where to find a teacher in all his brother's dominions . The first impulse , which had been given to Latin literature among the Anglo - Saxons by the arrival of Archbishop ...
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... Latin Chroniclers . If Asser wrote this paragraph whilst Alfred still lived , how could he say that Alfred , even until his death , felt the same desire , & c . & c . ? If , however , Alfred was dead , how could the writer add the words ...
... Latin Chroniclers . If Asser wrote this paragraph whilst Alfred still lived , how could he say that Alfred , even until his death , felt the same desire , & c . & c . ? If , however , Alfred was dead , how could the writer add the words ...
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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 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 Osburga 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