03295cam a22004453u 4500 76551 UtSlPG 20260610134754.0 m cr n 260607r20251899utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 03014508 UtSlPG en iso639-1 DA Bowker, Alfred, 1870-1944 Alfred the Great Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-07-22 MWS and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Alfred the Great: containing chapters on his life and times" by Alfred Bowker et al. is a historical compendium written in the late 19th century. It assembles essays by prominent scholars, alongside an introduction and a commemorative poem, to portray King Alfred’s life, reign, and legacy across warfare, law, religion, education, culture, and nation-building. The opening of the volume offers a dedication to the Queen and a laudatory poem casting Alfred as a model of wisdom and virtue, followed by the editor’s preface explaining the millennium commemoration, the aim to spread accessible knowledge, and the call for a national memorial in Winchester. Sir Walter Besant’s introduction sketches the fragmented Anglo-Saxon world and character, traces the Danish invasions, and highlights Alfred’s turnaround from Athelney to Ethandune, his restoration of London, creation of a navy, lawmaking grounded in Christian ethics, revival of schools and monasteries, fostering of foreign ties and trade, and the founding of English prose and national spirit. Frederic Harrison then begins by celebrating Alfred as an exemplar among rulers, recounting his stubborn wars, the Peace of Wedmore, the reorganisation of army and fleet, and the strategic elevation of London. The next chapter opens with Alfred’s early years: pilgrimages to Rome, his father Ethelwulf’s devotional gifts to the Roman churches, the cultural context of the Leonine City, his love of vernacular poetry, and the spark for book-learning kindled—after a childhood steeped in hunting and song—by a treasured illuminated book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: London: Adam & Charles Black, 1899 Alfred, King of England, 849-899 Great Britain -- History -- Alfred, 871-899 Austin, Alfred, 1835-1913 Besant, Walter, 1836-1901 Browne, G. F. (George Forrest), 1833-1930 Earle, John, 1824-1903 Harrison, Frederic, 1831-1923 Loftie, W. J. (William John), 1839-1911 Markham, Clements R., Sir (Clements Robert), 1830-1916 Oman, Charles, 1860-1946 Pollock, Frederick, 1845-1937 https://archive.org/details/alfredgreatconta00bowkiala https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76551 117276 117276