Alfred the Great : papers from the eleventh-centenary conferences by Reuter, Timothy instant download

Alfred the Great : papers from the eleventh-centenary conferences by Reuter, Timothy instant download

1 online resource (xvi, 387 pages) :, Based upon two conferences held in 1999 the papers that comprise this collection present a full contextualization of King Alfred by setting him against contemporary rulers across the whole of Europe, Includes bibliographical references and index, Introduction. Placing King Alfred / James Campbell -- The sources. Asser's reading / Michael Lapidge -- Alfredian arithmetic -- Asserian architectonics / David Howlett -- The Anglo-Saxon chronicle and the idea of Rome in Alfredian literature / Susan Irvin -- Ædificia nova: treasures of Alfred's reign / Leslie Webster -- Alfredian literature. The Alfredian canon revisited: one hundred years on / Janet Bately -- The form and function of the preface in the poetry and prose of Alfred's reign / Allen J. Frantzen -- The player king: identification and self-representation in King Alfred's writings / Malcolm Godden -- Alfredian government and society. Alfredian government: the West Saxon inheritance / Nicholas Brooks -- The power of the written word: Alfredian England 871-899 / Simon Keynes -- Alfred's coinage reforms in context / Mark Blackburn -- The origin of Alfred's urban policies / David Hill -- Alfred and London / Derek Keene -- Succession and inheritance: a gendered perspective on Alfred's family history / Pauline Stafford -- Alfred the Great, the micel hœðen here and the viking threat / Richard Abels -- Alfred's new longships / Edwin and Joyce Gifford -- Alfred and contemporary rulership. Alfred's Carolingian contemporaries / Janet L. Nelson -- Alfred the Great and Arnulf of Carinthia: a comparison / Anton Scharer -- Alfred's contemporaries: Irish, Welsh, Scots and Breton / Wendy Davies -- The ruler as instructor, pastor and wise: Leo VI of Byzantium and Symeon of Bulgaria / Jonathan Shepard -- Alfred as icon. Alfredism: the use and abuse of King Alfred's reputation in later centuries / Barbara Yorke, Print version record