Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources 9780141909424, 0141909420

Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources 9780141909424, 0141909420

Asser's Life of King Alfred, written in 893, is a revealing account of one of the greatest of medieval kings. Compo

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The Life and Times of Alfred the Great 9780849005237

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Alfred the Great 9781942401292

Alfred the Great is a rare historical figure from the early Middle Ages, in that he retains a popular image. This image

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The White Horse King: the life of Alfred the Great 9781595552525, 9781418581039, 1595552529

The unlikely king who saved England. Down swept the Vikings from the frigid North. Across the English coastlands and co

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King Alfred: Burnt Cakes and Other Legends 067402320X, 9780674023208

When the BBC ran a poll in 2001 to name the greatest Briton, Alfred, a ninth-century monarch, was the only king to make

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From Alfred the Great to Stephen 9781472598875

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In Search of Alfred the Great: The King, The Grave, The Legend 9781445639062, 9781445638942, 1445639068

The fascinating story of one of England’s most famous monarchs, Alfred the Great, from his birth to the discovery of a p

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King Alfred the Great, his Hagiographers and his Cult: A Childhood Remembered 9789048544998

This book situates Alfred the Great in his hagiographic context. For 150 years, the fables told in the ninth century abo

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King Alfred of England (Makers of History, #9) 1406802409, 9781406802405

The life and times of the Anglo-Saxon king

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‘England’s darling’: The Victorian cult of Alfred the Great 9781526130563

In the nineteenth century, Alfred the Great was a figure who rivalled King Arthur in the popular imagination. This book

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