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 | #1248363 in Books |  Routledge |  1998 |  1998-09-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.47 x.69 x5.41l,.93 | File type: PDF | 392 pages

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||42 of 42 people found the following review helpful.| Captures even the smell of "the burnt cakes"|By Mark Howells|Alfred, being the only English monarch styled "the Great", is a notoriously difficult subject to write history about. The Victorian cult of Alfred made him a marked man for the debunkers of the Dead White European Male focus of history. Attempts at an even-handed review of the Wessex king's life are fraught with p| ||'...based on wide knowledge, and not infrequent reconsideration, of the sources...this is a most useful book'. English Historical   'Abels' Alfred is a remarkable man...made believable, intriguing, relevant... this is a book for anyone who enj

This 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 England. Alfred emerges from the pages of this biography as a great warlord, an effective and inventive ruler, and a passionate scholar whose piety and intellectual curiosity led him to sponsor a cultural and spiritual renaissance. Alfred's...

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