King Alfred the Great
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Author
Publication
1995 - Oxford University Press, Oxford, England
Language
English
Word Count
186,000 words, Guess
Page Count
744 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL800409M
- ISBN-100198229895
- OCLC Control Number503437841
- OCLC Control Number32924049
- Internet Archivekingalfredgreat0000smyt
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- Library of Congress Control Number95036713
- LibraryThing759844
- Goodreads510832
Classifications
- DDC942.01/64/092
- LCCDA153 .S68 1995
Description
Warrior, law-giver, and scholar, Alfred the Great was an extraordinarily gifted and highly successful king, pushing back the Vikings to preserve what is now thought of as the heart of England. The author provides a detailed examination of the much-disputed medieval biography of King Alfred, attributed to the king's tutor, Asser. Professor Smyth argues that Asser's Life is a medieval forgery; a revelation with profound implications for our understanding of the whole of Anglo-Saxon history. The book also contains major studies on the writings of this gifted king, on the controversial charters of his reign, and on the origins of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Professor Smyth shows the Chronicle to have been much more closely connected with the court of King Alfred than has hitherto been allowed, and suggests a new date for the completion of the earliest Alfredian section of the Chronicle.
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