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- catalog abstract "This book recreates the life of the ninth-century English king, scholar, warrior and lawmaker. It has three aims: to do what it may in spreading among us the knowledge of this king who did so much for his England and his world; to place him in his setting -- Saxon, Celtic, and Continental; and to build his story on simple lines, which rest nevertheless upon a foundation suggested by the sources given at its close. - Foreword.".
- catalog contributor b1802072.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain History Alfred, 871-899.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography.".
- catalog created "[1956]".
- catalog date "1956".
- catalog date "[1956]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1956]".
- catalog description "This book recreates the life of the ninth-century English king, scholar, warrior and lawmaker. It has three aims: to do what it may in spreading among us the knowledge of this king who did so much for his England and his world; to place him in his setting -- Saxon, Celtic, and Continental; and to build his story on simple lines, which rest nevertheless upon a foundation suggested by the sources given at its close. - Foreword.".
- catalog description "Wessex before the time of Alfred -- The world of Alfred's boyhood, 849-65 -- Alfred and his brother, King Ethelred, 865-71 -- King Alfred and the Great War against the Danes, 871-86 -- King Alfred and his rule in Wessex -- King Alfred and his scholars and teachers -- King Alfred and the Later War against the Danes, 892-96 -- King Alfred and his earlier translations -- King Alfred and his later translations -- King Alfred at home -- Brief list of books -- Maps. England during the supremacy of Offa of Mercia in 796 A.D. -- Alfred's wars against the Danes, 869-78 A.D. -- Division of English land by the Peace of 886 A.D. between King Alfred and the Danes -- Later wars of King Alfred against the Danes, 892-96 A.D.".
- catalog extent "220 p.".
- catalog issued "1956".
- catalog issued "[1956]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "[Chicago]: University of Chicago Press".
- catalog spatial "England Wessex".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain History Alfred, 871-899.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Kings and rulers Biography.".
- catalog subject "923.142".
- catalog subject "Alfred, King of England, 849-899.".
- catalog subject "Anglo-Saxons England Wessex Kings and rulers Biography.".
- catalog subject "DA153 .D85".
- catalog tableOfContents "Wessex before the time of Alfred -- The world of Alfred's boyhood, 849-65 -- Alfred and his brother, King Ethelred, 865-71 -- King Alfred and the Great War against the Danes, 871-86 -- King Alfred and his rule in Wessex -- King Alfred and his scholars and teachers -- King Alfred and the Later War against the Danes, 892-96 -- King Alfred and his earlier translations -- King Alfred and his later translations -- King Alfred at home -- Brief list of books -- Maps. England during the supremacy of Offa of Mercia in 796 A.D. -- Alfred's wars against the Danes, 869-78 A.D. -- Division of English land by the Peace of 886 A.D. between King Alfred and the Danes -- Later wars of King Alfred against the Danes, 892-96 A.D.".
- catalog title "Alfred the Great.".
- catalog type "text".