Alfred the Wise: Studies in Honour of Janet Bately on the Occasion of Her Sixty-fifth BirthdayJane Roberts, Janet Laughland Nelson, Malcolm Godden Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 1997 - 277 pagine Alfred's life, work and influence studied through writings of his age. Alfred and the great achievements of his reign are once more at the centre of scholarly discussion, and the studies in this collection make a significant contribution to the continuing debate. Focusing particularly on the writingsof Alfred's age, the contributions, by leading scholars in the field, examine Alfred's life, work and influence: there are accounts of law and morality; examinations of translations and their sources; and investigations of wordsand events, throwing new light on all major aspects of Alfred's reign. As a whole, the volume is an appropriate tribute to Janet Bately, whose writings on the age of Alfred are known and admired by both historians and literary scholars throughout the world. Professor JANE ROBERTS teaches in the Department of English, King's College, London; Professor JANET L. NELSON, Director of the Centre for Late Antiques and Medieval Studies, teaches in the Department of History, King's College, London; Professor MALCOLM GODDEN is Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford. Contributors and contents: ANDREW BREEZE, J.E. CROSS, ANDREW HAMER, ROBERTA FRANK, ALLEN J. FRANTZEN, M.R. GODDEN, WALTER GOFFART, LYNNE GRUNDY, CYRIL HART, JOYCE HILL, SIMON KEYNES, ANN KNOCK, BRUCE MITCHELL, JANET L. NELSON, BARBARA RAW, JANE ROBERTS, D.G. SCRAGG, ALFRED B. SMYTH, E.G. STANLEY, PAULE. SZARMACH, PATRICK WORMALD |
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A Celtic Etymology for Old English Deor Brave | 1 |
a Latin Loanword with Attitude | 15 |
the Fate of the Old English Dialogues | 35 |
Lambardes Map of | 53 |
Frontispiece | 55 |
the Sources Reviewed | 89 |
AngloSaxon Entries in the Liber Vitae of Brescia | 99 |
Brescia Biblioteca Queriniana MS G VI 7 fol 27v | 106 |
the Book of Nunnaminster | 145 |
Wifcyppe and the Morality of the Cynewulf and Cyneheard Episode | 179 |
The Solar Eclipse of 29 October AD 878 | 188 |
Track of totality of the 878 total solar eclipse over the Carolingian | 195 |
the End of the Preface and | 211 |
Alfreds Boethius and the Four Cardinal Virtues | 223 |
viii | 230 |
Eighty Years On | 237 |
the Old English Wonders of the East | 121 |
The Sign 7 in the Annal for 871 in the Parker Chronicle MS | 127 |
Tabula Gratulatoria 277 | |