TY - BOOK AU - Discenza,Nicole G. AU - Szarmach,Paul E. TI - A Companion to Alfred the Great T2 - Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition Series SN - 9789004283763 AV - DA150.A7 .D384 2014 U1 - 942.0164092 PY - 2014/// CY - Boston PB - BRILL KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 Searoưonca 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1901131 ER -