Saturday, 29 January 2022

Asser's Life of Alfred

Annals of the Reign of Alfred the Great from AD 849 to AD 887 by Asser of Saint David’s.

Old English chronicles, edited by John Allen Giles
From Gile’s preface
https://archive.org/details/oldenglishchroni00gileuoft/page/n5/mode/2up?view=theater


CHAP.  II.— ASSER’S  LIFE  OF  ALFRED.

"This  work  is  ascribed,  on  its  own  internal  authority,  to  Asser,  who  is  said  to  have  been  bishop  of  St.  David's,  of  Sherborne  or  of  Exeter,  in  the  time  of  king  Alfred.  Though  most  of  the  public  events  recorded  in  this  book  are  to  be  found  in  the  Saxon  Chronicle,  yet  for  many  interesting  circumstances  in  the  life  of  our  great  Saxon  king  we  are  indebted  to  this  biography  alone. …
 As  the  work  has  been  edited  by  Petrie,  so  has  it  been  here  translated,  and  the  reader,  taking  it  upon  its  own  merits,  will  find  therein  much  of  interest  about  our  glorious  king,  concerning  whom  he  will  lament  with  me  that  all  we  know  is  so  little,  so  unsatisfying. "

The text is from page 42 to page 86.
https://archive.org/details/oldenglishchroni00gileuoft/page/42/mode/2up?view=theater

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