Alfred the Great
Richard Philip Abels
ISBN: | 9780582040472 |
Publisher: | Longman |
Published: | 2 October, 1998 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
Links | Australian Libraries (Trove) |
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Alfred the Great
Richard Philip Abels
This 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 battlef
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