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  • Asser's Life of King Alfred

    A Medieval Latin Portrait of Alfred the Great, Viking Wars, Christian Kingship, and Learning as Statecraft

    de John Asser ...
    Traducido por Albert S. Cook ...
    Asser's *Life of King Alfred* is the principal near-contemporary biography of Alfred the Great and a foundational work of Anglo-Saxon historical writing. Composed in Latin, it combines royal panegyric, political narrative, anecdote, biblical allusion, and moral instruction, presenting Alfred's illnesses, education, military struggles, administrative reforms, and patronage of learning as elements ... Leer más

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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

    Traducido por 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 ... Leer más

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  • Asser's Life of King Alfred

    de Asser ...
    Traducido por 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 ... Leer más

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  • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

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    The documents referred to under this title are not one single continuous work, but were written independently in various English monasteries. Taken as a whole these manuscripts form the oldest and most complete annals in any European vernacular tongue: only the Russian and the Irish chronicles can compare with them for antiquity. The difficulty in publishing them in compact form has always been to ... Leer más

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  • The Life of King Alfred

    de Asser ...
    One of the most important sources of information on Alfred the Great (King of Wessex from 871 to 899) is Asser's "The Life of King Alfred". Asser was a Welsh monk who accepted a position in the court of King Alfred around 886. His work is both a translation of part of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (for the years 851-887), as well as eyewitness accounts and opinions of Alfred's kingship. Although the ... Leer más

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  • A History Book for Scots

    Selections from the Scotichronicon

    de Walter Bower ...
    Riveting selections from a 15-century account of Scottish history, one of Scotland's national treasures.Writing on a small island in the Firth of Forth in the 1440s, Walter Bower set out to tell the whole story of the Scottish nation in a single huge book, the Scotichronicon— "a history book for Scots." It begins with the mythical voyage of Scota, the Pharaoh's daughter, from Egypt with the Stone ... Leer más

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  • Alfred the Great and the Viking Invasions of Europe

    de Beatrice Lees ...
    "IN the year of our Lord's Incarnation 849 light rose out of darkness. Alfred, King of the English, was born in the royal 'vill' [villa regia] which is called Wanetinge [Wantage]." To later historians, as to the early chronicler who wrote these words, King Alfred has appeared as a phenomenon to be wondered at rather than to be understood, a lonely light shining in the midst of an impenetrable ... Leer más

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  • Medieval England, 500-1500

    A Reader, Second Edition

    The new edition of Medieval England, 500-1500, edited by Emilie Amt and Katherine Allen Smith, spans several centuries in 102 documents that present the social and political history of England. The documents include constitutional highlights and records such as the Magna Carta and Froissart's Chronicles, as well as narrative sources describing the lived experiences of a range of historical actors. ... Leer más

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  • The Pleasures of England

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    In The Pleasures of England, John Ruskin offers a detailed and passionate exploration of the unique beauty and historical significance of England. The work presents a philosophical examination of the landscape, architecture, and cultural heritage of the country, highlighting the ways in which the natural and built environments contribute to the joy and intellectual enrichment of its people. Ruskin ... Leer más

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  • The Portable Medieval Reader

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    In their introduction to this anthology, James Bruce Ross and Mary Martin McLaughlin remind us that "no area of the past is dead if we are alive to it. The variety, the complexity, the sheer humanity of the middle ages live most meaningfully in their own authentic voices." The Portable Medieval Reader assembles an entire chorus of those voices—of kings, warriors, prelates, merchants, artisans, ... Leer más

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  • The itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin through Wales

    pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. Gerald the Welshman - Giraldus Cambrensis - was born, probably in 1147, at Manorbier Castle in the county of Pembroke. His father was a Norman noble, William de Barri, who took his name from the little island of Barry off the coast of Glamorgan. His mother, Angharad, was the daughter of Gerald de Windsor {1} ... Leer más

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