Asser's Life of King Alfred
English translation · Translated by Albert S. Cook
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The earliest biography of King Alfred is Asser's Life, and this is an English translation by Albert S. Cook of Yale, made from Stevenson's 1904 Oxford edition of the Latin. Asser was a Welsh churchman who knew Alfred of Wessex. Cook's preface reviews the doubts raised in the nineteenth century about whether the Life was a later forgery and explains why scholars such as Plummer and Stevenson accepted it, while still advising caution about its exaggerations. The book is dedicated to friends of honest and capable government in America.
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Book facts
- Author
- John Asser
- Reading time
- About 110 minutes
- Pages
- 78
- Language
- English
- Genre
- European History
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- PDF, EPUB, Read online