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The Medieval Life of King Alfred the Great: A Translation and Commentary on the Text Attributed to Asser Tapa dura - 2001

de A. Smyth


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Very few King's earn the appellation 'Great'. Alfred is the only English King honoured with this name and is credited with various successes (the foundation of a navy, English education system and religious revival). His memory looms large in the English Imagination. The medieval 'Life' of King Alfred of Wessex purports to be written by Asser, a monk in the King's service. This account of one of England's best loved and most famous kings has been accepted as offering evidence on most aspects of life in early medieval England and beyond. It was used in Victorian times to create a 'Cult' of Alfred. Alfred Smyth offers a carefully annotated translation of the 'Life' together with a long commentary. He argues that the 'Life' is a forgery which has profound implications not only for our understanding of the early English and medieval past but also for the nature of biography and history. This close scholarly rendering of the text allows the reader access to the intricacies of medieval history.

Primera línea

The Life of King Alfred attributed to Asser occupies a central place in English historical writing, not only because of its acceptance by scholars as the earliest extant biography of an English king - and indeed of any English lay person - but because its subject is Alfred the Great of Wessex whom Asser, the self-proclaimed author of the Life, claims to have known as a tutor and a friend.

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  • Título The Medieval Life of King Alfred the Great: A Translation and Commentary on the Text Attributed to Asser
  • Autor A. Smyth
  • Encuadernación Tapa dura
  • Edición First Edition
  • Páginas 280
  • Volúmenes 1
  • Idioma ENG
  • Editorial Palgrave MacMillan, London
  • Fecha de publicación 2001-11-28
  • Ilustrado
  • Features Annotated, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780333699171 / 0333699173
  • Peso 1.5 libras (0.68 kg)
  • Dimensiones 9.38 x 6.6 x 0.94 pulgadas (23.83 x 16.76 x 2.39 cm)
  • Temas
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Chronological Period: Medieval (500-1453) Studies
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - Kings and rulers, Anglo-Saxons
  • Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2001048206
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Choice, 10/01/2002, Page 345
  • Library Journal, 01/01/2002, Page 121

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ALFRED SMYTH is Director of Research and Head of the Graduate School, Canterbury Christ Church University College. Formerly Master of Keynes College, University of Kent and Warden of St. George's House, Windsor Castle.
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