Alfred the Great
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Alfred the Great: pocket GIANTS
By Barbara Yorke... Oxford University Press, 2009) Hadley, Dawn, The Vikings in England: Settlement, Society and Culture (Manchester University Press, 2006) Higham, Nicholas & Ryan, Martin J., The AngloSaxon World (Yale University Press, 2013) Hill, ...
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Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England
By Richard AbelsThis 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 ...
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Alfred the Great
By Jacob AbbottNow reprinted in an easy to read and modern font, paired with an eye-catching cover design, this edition of Jacob Abbott’s Alfred the Great is an approachable biography, ready to entertain and educate readers of various demographics on a ...
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Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources
By AsserAsser's Life of King Alfred, written in 893, is a revealing account of one of the greatest of medieval kings.
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Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England
By Richard AbelsThis 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 ...
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Alfred the Great: The King and His England
By Eleanor Shipley DuckettFilled with drama and action, here is the story of the ninth-century life and times of Alfred—warrior, conqueror, lawmaker, scholar, and the only king whom England has ever called “The Great.” Based on up-to-date information on ninth ...
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Alfred the Great
By Barbara YorkeWhy is Alfred "the Great?
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Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources
As king of Wessex, he strove to emulate those kings of the past who, in his own words, had 'succeeded both in warfare and in wisdom'.
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Alfred the Great: Papers from the Eleventh-Centenary Conferences
By Timothy Reuter2 I use the word Carolingian(s) to refer to members of that family, not to their contemporaries at large. 3 For earlier comparative approaches, see H. M. Cam, Local Government in Francia and England (1912); J. M. Wallace-Hadrill, Early ...
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Alfred the Great
By Justin PollardAlfred is the only English king ever to be called 'Great'. It was not a title given by political supporters, not the sycophantic gift of an official biographer, nor a...
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Alfred the Great: The King and His England
By Eleanor Shipley DuckettRecreates thye life of the ninth-century English king, scholar, warrior and lawmaker.
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Alfred the Great
By AsserThe life of one of the greatest english kings, politically, militarily, and constitutionally, by a member of his court
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Alfred the Great: War, Kingship, and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England
By Richard Philip AbelsDuring his reign (871-899), King Alfred revolutionized the governance of Wessex, advancing the process that would end in the creation of the kingdom of England. This book offers an analysis of Alfred's achievement.
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Alfred the Great
By Thomas HughesReprint of the original, first published in 1869.
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Alfred the Great
By Thomas HughesReprint of the original, first published in 1869.
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Alfred the Great: Papers from the Eleventh-centenary Conferences
By Timothy Reuter1999 marked the eleven-hundredth anniversary of the death of Alfred the Great, and to mark this event, two international conferences were held to re-evaluate and contextualise Alfred's achievements and the...
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Alfred the Great: The Tiny Tiger
By Tréci CollenderAlfred is a tiny tiger who dreams of being 10 feet tall. He is so small that sometimes not even his friend the king can find him! Soon Alfred will learn that you don't need to be big to do great things.