The Resource Alfred the Great
Alfred the Great
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The item Alfred the Great represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
Resource Information
The item Alfred the Great represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 220 pages
- Note
- "Phoenix books."
- Contents
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- 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
- Label
- Alfred the Great
- Title
- Alfred the Great
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Duckett, Eleanor Shipley
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- DA153
- LC item number
- .D85
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Alfred
- Anglo-Saxons
- Label
- Alfred the Great
- Note
- "Phoenix books."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 397873
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 220 pages
- Lccn
- 56013050
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)402041
- Label
- Alfred the Great
- Note
- "Phoenix books."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 397873
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 220 pages
- Lccn
- 56013050
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (WaOLN)402041
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