A companion to Alfred the Great /

Eleven major scholars of the Anglo-Saxon period consider Alfred the Great, his cultural milieu, and his achievements. With revised or revived views of the Alfredian revival, the contributors help set the agenda for future work on a most challenging period.

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Other Authors: Discenza, Nicole Guenther, 1969- (Editor), Szarmach, Paul E. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015
Series:Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; v. 58.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Alfred the Great and the kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons / Simon Keynes
  • The art of Alfred and his times / Leslie Webster
  • Latin commentaries on Boethius's Consolation of philosophy / Rosalind Love
  • Alfred as author and translator / Janet M. Bately
  • The Alfredian prefaces and epilogues / Susan Irvine
  • Searoilonca Hard Alfred's translation of Gregory the Great's Regula pastoralis / Carolin Schreiber
  • The old English Boethius / Nicole Guenther Discenza
  • Augustine's Soliloquia in old English / Paul E. Szarmach
  • The prose translation of Psalms 1-50 / Patrick P. O'Neill
  • The laws of Alfred and Ine / Mary Richards
  • The old English Orosius / Janet M. Bately
  • The Anglo-Saxon chronicle / Susan Irvine
  • Alfredian Apocrypha the Dialogues and the Bede / David F. Johnson.