Author: British Museum
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 682
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Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 682
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 682
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King Alfred in Literature
Author: Louis Wardlaw Miles
Publisher: Baltimore, J. Murphy Company
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Publisher: Baltimore, J. Murphy Company
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Alfred the Great
Author: Richard Abels
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317900413
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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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 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.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317900413
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
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 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.
Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British Library
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Lives of Eminent and Illustrious Englishmen, from Alfred the Great to the Latest Times. On an Original Plan. Edited by G. G. Cunningham. Illustrated by a Series of ... Portraits, Etc
Author: George Godfrey Cunningham
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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The Century Cyclopedia of Names
Author:
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1106
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Publisher:
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Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1106
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The Legal Code of Ælfred the Great
Author: Great Britain
Publisher:
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Category : Law, Anglo-Saxon
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Category : Law, Anglo-Saxon
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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AEthelstan
Author: Sarah Foot
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300160372
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
The powerful and innovative King AEthelstan reigned only briefly (924-939), yet his achievements during those eventful fifteen years changed the course of English history. He won spectacular military victories (most notably at Brunanburh), forged unprecedented political connections across Europe, and succeeded in creating the first unified kingdom of the English. To claim for him the title of "first English monarch" is no exaggeration.In this nuanced portrait of AEthelstan, Sarah Foot offers the first full account of the king ever written. She traces his life through the various spheres in which he lived and worked, beginning with the intimate context of his family, then extending outward to his unusual multiethnic royal court, the Church and his kingdom, the wars he conducted, and finally his death and legacy. Foot describes a sophisticated man who was not only a great military leader but also a worthy king. He governed brilliantly, developed creative ways to project his image as a ruler, and devised strategic marriage treaties and gift exchanges to cement alliances with the leading royal and ducal houses of Europe. AEthelstan's legacy, seen in the new light of this masterful biography, is inextricably connected to the very forging of England and early English identity.
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300160372
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
The powerful and innovative King AEthelstan reigned only briefly (924-939), yet his achievements during those eventful fifteen years changed the course of English history. He won spectacular military victories (most notably at Brunanburh), forged unprecedented political connections across Europe, and succeeded in creating the first unified kingdom of the English. To claim for him the title of "first English monarch" is no exaggeration.In this nuanced portrait of AEthelstan, Sarah Foot offers the first full account of the king ever written. She traces his life through the various spheres in which he lived and worked, beginning with the intimate context of his family, then extending outward to his unusual multiethnic royal court, the Church and his kingdom, the wars he conducted, and finally his death and legacy. Foot describes a sophisticated man who was not only a great military leader but also a worthy king. He governed brilliantly, developed creative ways to project his image as a ruler, and devised strategic marriage treaties and gift exchanges to cement alliances with the leading royal and ducal houses of Europe. AEthelstan's legacy, seen in the new light of this masterful biography, is inextricably connected to the very forging of England and early English identity.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century cyclopedia of names ... ed. by Benjamin E. Smith
Author: William Dwight Whitney
Publisher:
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Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 1106
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Atlases
Languages : en
Pages : 1106
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