The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and Government from the Earliest Period to Our Own Times, Volume 1Bradbury and Evans, 1856 - Great Britain |
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... Asser , is held to be written by a monk of the succeeding century , instead of by his own bosom friend ? * when Alfred himself is proclaimed by some to be a mere creation of modern ignorance and bombast ? There is quite enough remaining ...
... Asser , is held to be written by a monk of the succeeding century , instead of by his own bosom friend ? * when Alfred himself is proclaimed by some to be a mere creation of modern ignorance and bombast ? There is quite enough remaining ...
Page 81
... Asser as to the nurture which he received from his mother . Asser records the public events of the kingdom up to the 82 EARLY YEARS OF ALFRED . [ A.D. 849-860 . and Armoricans 55 Anglo-Saxon Ladies The High Seat.
... Asser as to the nurture which he received from his mother . Asser records the public events of the kingdom up to the 82 EARLY YEARS OF ALFRED . [ A.D. 849-860 . and Armoricans 55 Anglo-Saxon Ladies The High Seat.
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... Asser are , " illiteratus permansit . " This certainly does not warrant Hume's interpretation , " totally ignorant of the lowest elements of literature , " even if we accept Asser's " twelve years old " as correct . A.D. 853. ] ALFRED ...
... Asser are , " illiteratus permansit . " This certainly does not warrant Hume's interpretation , " totally ignorant of the lowest elements of literature , " even if we accept Asser's " twelve years old " as correct . A.D. 853. ] ALFRED ...
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... Asser , although the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle only mentions the first . But in neither authority is it recorded that Alfred returned with his father . Was Alfred , at five years 84 ALFRED AT ROME . [ A.D. 853 . old. The Coliseum , Rome ...
... Asser , although the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle only mentions the first . But in neither authority is it recorded that Alfred returned with his father . Was Alfred , at five years 84 ALFRED AT ROME . [ A.D. 853 . old. The Coliseum , Rome ...
Page 85
... Asser distinguishes between " manly arts , such as hunting , " and " liberal arts . " Alfred saw that , however excellent were books , there were other means of education ; and thus he became , not only the great warrior and statesman ...
... Asser distinguishes between " manly arts , such as hunting , " and " liberal arts . " Alfred saw that , however excellent were books , there were other means of education ; and thus he became , not only the great warrior and statesman ...
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