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1 online resource (xvi, 387 pages) :, Based upon two conferences held in 1999 the papers that comprise this collection present a full contextualization of King Alfred by setting him against contemporary rulers across the whole of Europe, Includes bibliographical references and index, Introduction. Placing King Alfred / James Campbell -- The sources. Asser's reading / Michael Lapidge -- Alfredian arithmetic -- Asserian architectonics / David Howlett -- The Anglo-Saxon chronicle and the idea of Rome in Alfredian literature / Susan Irvin -- Ædificia nova: treasures of Alfred's reign / Leslie Webster -- Alfredian literature. The Alfredian canon revisited: one hundred years on / Janet Bately -- The form and function of the preface in the poetry and prose of Alfred's reign / Allen J. Frantzen -- The player king: identification and self-representation in King Alfred's writings / Malcolm Godden -- Alfredian government and society. Alfredian government: the West Saxon inheritance / Nicholas Brooks -- The power of the written word: Alfredian England 871-899 / Simon Keynes -- Alfred's coinage reforms in context / Mark Blackburn -- The origin of Alfred's urban policies / David Hill -- Alfred a

Author

Reuter, Timothy

Publisher

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate

Published

2003

Language

EN

ISBN

9781315262932

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir