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  • Asser's Life of Alfred

    by John Asser ...
    The issue of Stevenson’s long and eagerly expected edition of Asser’s Life of King Alfred has provided an opportunity to supply the ever increasing number of the great king’s admirers with a more satisfactory rendering into English of this, perhaps the most precious document, notwithstanding all its faults, for the comprehension of his life and character. The authenticity of the Life was impugned ... Read more

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  • Asser's Life of King Alfred

    by John Asser ...
    Asser's Life of King Alfred is a significant historical text that provides a detailed account of the life and reign of King Alfred the Great, the ruler of Wessex. Written by Asser, a Welsh monk and scholar, the biography highlights Alfred's military strategies, his efforts in education, and his religious devotion. The work is not only a personal narrative but also serves as a vital source for ... Read more

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  • Asser's Life of King Alfred

    by John Asser ...
    Translated by Albert S. Cook ...
    In 893, Asser wrote this book, a biography of Alfred the Great entitled The Life of King Alfred; in the original Latin, the title is Vita Ælfredi Regis Angul Saxonum. The date is known from Asser's mention of the king's age in the text. The work, which is less than twenty thousand words long, is one of the most important sources of information on Alfred the Great, King of the West Saxons from 871 ... Read more

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  • Asser's Life of King Alfred

    Enriched edition. The Legacy of a Great Monarch: Insights into early medieval England through a detailed biography

    by John Asser, Vanessa Cross ...
    Translated by Albert S. Cook ...
    Asser's Life of King Alfred is a seminal work that intricately weaves biography with historiography, providing a vivid portrait of one of England's most revered monarchs. Written in Latin by Asser, a Welsh monk and scholar, the text employs a blend of hagiography and secular history to frame Alfred as a model ruler whose virtues and wisdom were pivotal in the formation of a united England. Rich in ... Read more

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  • Asser's Life Of King Alfred

    by Asser John ...
    Author Asser, John, -909Translator Cook, Albert S. (Albert Stanburrough), 1853-1927Title Asser's Life of King Alfred ... Read more

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  • Alfred the Great

    Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources

    by Asser, Simon Keynes, Michael Lapidge ...
    Translated by Simon Keynes, Michael Lapidge ...
    Asser's Life of King Alfred, written in 893, is a revealing account of one of the greatest of medieval kings. Composed by a monk of St David's in Wales who became Bishop of Sherborne in Alfred's service and worked with him in his efforts to revive religion and learning in his kingdom, this life is among the earliest surviving royal biographies. It is an admiring account of King Alfred's life, ... Read more

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  • Strategic Rebuilding and Affordable Housing in the Muslim World

    by Akel Ismail Kahera, Sultan Barakat, Suzanne Ghadanfar, Ahmed Qadir Ahmed, Aymen Aiblu, Munazzah Akhtar, Fatma Al Habsi, Asser Al Hamoud0, Moza Al Obaidan1, Mostafa Alani2, Howayda Al-Harithy3, Dhirgham Alobaydi4, Yusra Alvi5, Shama Anbrine6, Aamna Azad7, Rasem Badran8, Daria Bobarykina9, Mohamad El Chamaa0, Kokan Grchev1, Abbas M. Hassan2, Huzam Kaddoura3, Mohd Faris Khamidi4, Emine Filiz Kölmek5, Muhammed Madandola6, Mark David Major7, Lamiaa Mostafa8, Rabia Ahmed Qureshi9, Chawan Osman M. Rasheed0, Mohamed Eskandar Shah1, Masoumeh Shafiee2, Ali Akbar Tajmazinani3, Heba O. Tannous4 ...
    Series series Environment and Society
    To tackle the paucity of adequate housing in the Muslim World, Strategic Rebuilding and Affordable Housing in the Muslim World brings together a cohort of essays that deal with the the latest approaches, policy discussions, attendant research methodologies and recommendations. The volume's multidisciplinary contributors- academics, practitioners, architects, planners, researchers, urbanists, ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • The Life of King Alfred

    by Bishop Asser of Sherborne ...
    Asser (d. 908/909) was a Welsh monk who became Bishop of Sherborne in the 890s. About 885 he was asked by Alfred the Great to leave St David's and join the circle of learned men whom Alfred was recruiting for his court. After spending a year at Caerwent because of illness, Asser accepted. In 893 Asser wrote a biography of Alfred, called the Life of King Alfred. The manuscript survived to modern ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to Safety Grounding

    by Asser A. Zaky ...
    Safety or protective grounding is of vital importance for the protection of individuals from electric shock and structures and industrial concerns from potentially damaging lightning and electrostatic discharges. To many electrical engineers the notion of grounding is nebulous and safety grounding is quite often confused with neutral grounding of the power supply. The main objective of this book ... Read more

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  • Asser's Life of King Alfred

    by Asser ...
    Translated by Albert S. Cook ...
    Alfred the Great (848 - 899) was a king in West Saxon and then the first king of the Anglo-Saxons, king of Britain. He spent his early career fighting Viking invasions, until in 878 he won a decisive victory against them, and then personally oversaw the conversion of the Viking leader to Christianity. He left a legacy for being gracious, rational, peaceable, and generally working to improve the ... Read more

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  • The Life of King Alfred

    by Asser, Bishop of Sherborne ...
    It the time of my twentieth birthday a very sad thing happened, my father died. His will read and executed made me comfortably fixed for the rest of my life. I decided to go east and look that part of the country over, and summarily took up my abode at an apartment hotel in Baltimore. I did not expect to stay there long, but an adventure plus inter- national complications changed my plans. I was ... Read more

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  • Mubarak Al-Sabah

    The Foundation of Kuwait

    by Souad M. Al-Sabah ...
    Translated by Laila Asser, John King ...
    Amidst political upheaval and the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the State of Kuwait emerged as an independent country under British protection in 1899, with Sheikh Mubarak Al Sabah widely accredited as the instrument of its foundation. But the path to power for Mubarak was not a simple or smooth one. The author here presents an original perspective on the difficulties and controversies ... Read more

    $55.99 USD