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Author: Matthew Paris
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Author: Matthew Paris
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 616
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Languages : en
Pages : 498
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Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Author: Catherine Hanley
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300217455
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 309
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Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- Maps -- Tables -- Plates -- INTRODUCTION -- chapter one THE SHAPING OF A PRINCE -- chapter two FATHER AND SON -- chapter three THE INVITATION -- chapter four KING OF ENGLAND? -- chapter five THE TIDE TURNS -- chapter six FIGHTING BACK -- chapter seven THE END OF THE ADVENTURE -- chapter eight AFTERMATH -- chapter nine KING OF FRANCE -- chapter ten LEGACY -- CHRONOLOGY -- A NOTE ON SOURCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Author: Philadelphia (Pa.). Public Education Board
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Author: Charles Victor Langlois
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Category : Historiography
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
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Category : Bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 986
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Category : Early childhood education
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Author: Joanne Parker
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526130564
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
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During the last two decades, numerous studies have been devoted to the Victorian fascination with King Arthur, however . the figure of King Alfred has received almost no attention. For much of the nineteenth century, Alfred was as important as Arthur in the British popular imagination. A pervasive cult of the king developed which included the erection of at least four public statues, the completion of more than twenty-five paintings, and the publication of over a hundred texts, by authors ranging from Wordsworth to minor women writers. By 1852, J.A. Froude could describe Alfred’s life as ‘the favourite story in English nurseries’; in 1901, a national holiday marked the thousandth anniversary of his death, organised by a committee including Edward Burne Jones, Arthur Conan Doyle and Thomas Hughes. England’s darling sets out to answer the questions that must arise in the face of such nineteenth-century enthusiasm for a long-dead king. It addresses a genuine gap in the literature on Victorian medievalism in particular and cultural history in general and argues that knowledge of the cult of Alfred is crucial to understanding the Victorian cultural map. The book examines the ways in which Alfred was rewritten by nineteenth-century authors and artists, and asks how beliefs about the Saxon king’s reign and achievements related to nineteenth-century ideals about leadership, law, religion, commerce, education and the Empire. The book concludes by addressing the most interesting enigma in Alfred’s reception history: why is the king no longer ‘England’s darling’? A fascinating study that will be enjoyed by scholars of history, cultural history, literature and art history.
