Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England (The Medieval World)

by Richard Philip Abels (Author)

• New

  Paperback
  1998

  $64.18

  During his reign (871-899), King Alfred revolutionized the governance of Wessex, advancing the process that would end in the creation of the kingdom of England. This book offers an analysis of Alfred's achievement. In doing so it illuminates the character and meaning of Anglo-Saxon kingship.