A Companion to Alfred the Great.
- 1st ed.
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- Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition Series ; v.58 .
- Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition Series .
Intro -- A Companion to Alfred the Great -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of figures -- Abbreviations and Short Titles -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- PART 1: Context -- 1 Alfred the Great and the Kingdom of the Anglo-Saxons -- 2 The Art of Alfred and His Times -- 3 Latin Commentaries on Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy -- PART 2: Alfred as Author -- 4 Alfred as Author and Translator -- 5 The Alfredian Prefaces and Epilogues -- 6 Searošonca Hord: Alfred's Translation of Gregory the Great's Regula Pastoralis -- 7 The Old English Boethius -- 8 Augustine's Soliloquia in Old English -- 9 The Prose Translation of Psalms 1-50 -- 10 The Laws of Alfred and Ine -- PART 3: Alfrediana -- 11 The Old English Orosius -- 12 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle -- 13 Alfredian Apocrypha: The Dialogues and the Bede -- Appendix: Annotated Bibliography on the Authorship Issue -- Bibliography -- Index.
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.