Name: The Medieval Life of King Alfred the Great: A Translation and Commentary on the Text Attributed to Asser (en Inglés)
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Author: Smyth, A.
ISBN: 9781349402281

portada The Medieval Life of King Alfred the Great: A Translation and Commentary on the Text Attributed to Asser (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Autor

A. Smyth

Editorial

Palgrave MacMillan

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

280

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

Dimensiones

23.4 x 15.6 x 1.6 cm

Peso

0.43 kg.

ISBN13

9781349402281

Categorías

Europa
Mundo antiguo
Historiografía
Historia antigua
Historia de la edad media

The Medieval Life of King Alfred the Great: A Translation and Commentary on the Text Attributed to Asser (en Inglés)

A. Smyth (Autor) · Palgrave MacMillan · Tapa Blanda

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Very few King's earn the appellation 'Great'. Alfred is the only English King honoured with this name and is credited with various successes (the foundation of a navy, English education system and religious revival). His memory looms large in the English Imagination. The medieval 'Life' of King Alfred of Wessex purports to be written by Asser, a monk in the King's service. This account of one of England's best loved and most famous kings has been accepted as offering evidence on most aspects of life in early medieval England and beyond. It was used in Victorian times to create a 'Cult' of Alfred. Alfred Smyth offers a carefully annotated translation of the 'Life' together with a long commentary. He argues that the 'Life' is a forgery which has profound implications not only for our understanding of the early English and medieval past but also for the nature of biography and history. This close scholarly rendering of the text allows the reader access to the intricacies of medieval history.