King Alfred the GreatOxford University Press, 1995 - 744 עמודים Soldier, statesman, and scholar, Alfred the Great was a fascinating and highly successful king, pushing back the Vikings to command what is now thought of as the heart of England as ruler of Wessex from 871-899. In this, the first major biography of King Alfred since 1902, his life, career and enduring legacy are given a radical new interpretation, putting into question most of our assumptions about this singular monarch. Alfred P. Smyth's portrait of King Alfred rejects the image of a neurotic and invalid king who supposedly remained a pious illiterate until he was almost 40. Instead, we are shown a man of remarkable energy and intelligence who took necessary steps to defend his people from the Norsemen. We see, too, a king who had been a scholar all his life and who used his great knowledge to bolster the powers of his own kingship. Smyth also provides a detailed examination of the much-disputed medieval biography of King Alfred, attributed to the King's tutor, Asser. Alfred Smyth argues that Asser's Life may, in fact, have been a late medieval forgery--a revelation with profound implications for our understanding of the whole of Anglo-Saxon history. Smyth's King Alfred also contains major studies on the writings of this gifted king, on the controversial charters of his reign, and on the origins of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. (Smyth shows this work to have been much more closely connected with the court of King Alfred than previously realized and suggests a new date for the completion of the earliest Alfredian section of the Chronicle.) A monumental and intriguing work of historical scholarship, King Alfred the Great will dramatically change the way we understand this early period of western civilization. |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-3 מתוך 82
עמוד 83
... Christian West show that not only did Christian observers regard Scandinavian invaders as being conspicu- ously pagan , but that they also treated them with ideological hostility . Historians who deny that the viking wars involved a ...
... Christian West show that not only did Christian observers regard Scandinavian invaders as being conspicu- ously pagan , but that they also treated them with ideological hostility . Historians who deny that the viking wars involved a ...
עמוד 84
... Christian West . A further insight of a different nature into how the Scandinavian invaders were perceived by native commentators is afforded by the indignation on the part of the compiler of the Annals of St Bertin , in recording ...
... Christian West . A further insight of a different nature into how the Scandinavian invaders were perceived by native commentators is afforded by the indignation on the part of the compiler of the Annals of St Bertin , in recording ...
עמוד 577
... Christian faith and upon the chief men of the Romans , began to recall the glad times and immemorial rights they had once enjoyed ' . " It was natural for a king in Alfred's position , who saw contemporary Christian society in England ...
... Christian faith and upon the chief men of the Romans , began to recall the glad times and immemorial rights they had once enjoyed ' . " It was natural for a king in Alfred's position , who saw contemporary Christian society in England ...
תוכן
From Obscurity to Precarious Kingship | 3 |
The Gathering Storm 872875 | 51 |
To the Last Ditch at Edington | 66 |
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