The Medieval Life of King Alfred the Great
Subtitle: A Translation and Commentary on the Text Attributed to Asser
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: February 9, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780333699171
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 500 to c 1000; Other prose: classical, early & medieval; Prose & writers: classical, early & medieval; c 500 CE to c 1000 CE; History; History - General History; Literary Criticism; England; General; History / Medieval; Europe - Great Britain - General; Historiography; Medieval; 849-899; Alfred,; Anglo-Saxons; Biography; Early works to 1800; Great Britain; King of England,; Kings and rulers
First sentence: The Life of King Alfred attributed to Asser occupies a central place in English historical writing, not only because of its acceptance by scholars as the earliest extant biography of an English king - and indeed of any English lay person - but because its subject is Alfred the Great of Wessex whom Asser, the self-proclaimed author of the Life, claims to have known as a tutor and a friend.