Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon EnglandThis biography of Alfred the Great, king of the West Saxons (871-899), combines a sensitive reading of the primary sources with a careful evaluation of the most recent scholarly research on the history and archaeology of ninth-century England. Alfred emerges from the pages of this biography as a great warlord, an effective and inventive ruler, and a passionate scholar whose piety and intellectual curiosity led him to sponsor a cultural and spiritual renaissance. Alfred's victories on the battlefield and his sweeping administrative innovations not only preserved his native Wessex from viking conquest, but began the process of political consolidation that would culminate in the creation of the kingdom of England. Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England strips away the varnish of later interpretations to recover the historical Alfredpragmatic, generous, brutal, pious, scholarly within the context of his own age. |
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Sources | |
Alfreds Wessex | |
Memories of Childhood 848858 | |
Scourges of God 858868 | |
A Very Great Warrior 869879 | |
King of the AngloSaxons 880891 | |
The Reign of Solomon | |
The Practice of Kingship | |
Triumph and Death 892899 | |
CONCLUSION My Memory in Good Works | |
Appendix on the Authenticity of Assers Life of King Alfred | |
Further Reading | |
The Defence of the Realm | |
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Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England Richard Abels Ограниченный просмотр - 2013 |
Alfred the Great: War, Kingship, and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England Richard Philip Abels Просмотр фрагмента - 1998 |
Alfred the Great: War, Kingship, and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England Richard Philip Abels Недоступно для просмотра - 1998 |
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