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Chronicles of the Reign of Alfred the Great: Introduction and Commentary
Author(s): Cyril Hart
- Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr
- Publication Date: 22 Nov. 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 218 pages
- ISBN-10: 0773437290
- ISBN-13: 9780773437296
Book Description
This volume is one of a Series edited by Dr. Cyril Hart in which the pre-Conquest chronicles of England are presented in a comparative format. Edited texts of the chronicles, and modern English translations, are placed on facing pages. The major Old English and Latin texts are given side-by-side, annal by annal, on even-numbered pages, with significant variants as footnotes. Opposite them appear the translations, with explanatory comments as footnotes. Discussions are illustrated by facsimiles of specimen folios, together with maps showing places mentioned in the texts. Where appropriate, biographical notes on persons mentioned in the texts are included. A full Bibliography is followed by detailed Indexes of personal and place names.
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About the Author
Dr. Cyril Hart is a physician who has made the study of early medieval history his lifetime hobby. He received his DLitt from Leicester and has been awarded the Hon. DLitt by the University of Kent for his contributions to history and medicine. He has previously published The Early Charters of Eastern England, The Early Charters of Northern England, The Danelaw, and The Thorney Annals.
