INDEX
Reading edition
Æstel, the, 192, 195
Africa, description of, 164
Alfred regains his kingdom, 17, 18
as law-giver, 22-26
permanence of his work, 32
personal appearance of, 33
as king, 41
legendary and real, 42, 43
army, 45
accession to throne, 46, 133
visit to Rome, 58, 172
portrait of a king, 61, 62
writings of, 63, 64
life work, 66
mother of, 71
parentage, 71, 72
his youth, 76
as a musician, 81
his laborious life, 88-90
translations of books, 100-104
religious views, 107
will of, 110, 203
military tactics, 118
first campaign, 129
marriage, 129
campaigns against Hasting and the “Great Army,” 145-147
as a geographer, 151
selection of books for the people, 177-181
minor literary works, 199-202
as architect, writer, musician, 243
Anglo-Saxon dooms, 222
justice, 218
landholding, 234-239
life, 209
women, 7, 8
Anglo-Saxons, gods of, 3-5
manners and customs of, 7-10
Ashdown, battle of, 118
Basing, battle of, 133
Bede, literary works of, 180
Bede’s History, 198
Benedictional, 255
Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy, 30, 178, 183
extract from Sedgefield edition, 185, 186
Britons of Cornwall and Wales, 58, 59
Burhs, 142
Candle-clocks, invention of, 91
Canute on pilgrimages to Rome, 74
Capital punishment, 228
Castles built by Alfred, 250
Church, Alfred’s relation to the, 63
City of God, Orosius’s, 177
Code of Alfred, 174-176
Courts of bishops and great men, 212
Cura Pastoralis, 179, 180
translation of, 187
Danes, Alfred’s feelings towards, 83
baptism of, 85
first appearance of, 11
second invasion of, 55
wars of, 15
Danish Conquest, 15
invasion, 46-50
Dialogues of Gregory the Great, 180
Ealhswith, 129
Ecclesiastical Laws, 97-99
Eddington, battle of, 118
Edmund the Martyr, 130
Education of Alfred’s children, 87, 88
of children, Alfred’s views on, 188
Embassies to foreign parts, 95, 96
England in Alfred’s time, map of, 2
Ethelred, death of, 133
Ethelwulf’s will, 73
Europe, summary of inhabitants, 154-156
Final judgment in court, 220
Foreign discoveries, 59, 60
Fortification of towns, 141, 143
Gregory the Great, 179
Gregory’s treatise, 105
Guthrum, King of Danes, 50
treaty with, 55
Haddeby, 160
Hierdebóc, 187-192
Hyde Abbey, Register of, 110
Income, distribution of, 92
John the Scot, 108
Kingdom, settlement of, 54
King, portrait of, by Alfred, 61, 62
King’s peace, 228
Kriegs Spiel, 16
Laws, code of, compiled, 53
Learning, encouragement of, 60, 61
introduced, 90
Letter to bishops, 189-192
Life work of Alfred, 66
Literature fostered by Alfred, 29
London fortified, 19, 20
restoration of, 57
Map of Alfred’s England, 2
Manual, formation of Alfred’s, 94
Military tactics of Alfred, 118
Monasteries, foundation of, 93, 94
rebuilt, 26, 27
Monument to Alfred, reasons for, 36
Naval forces, state of, 123-125
Navy, development of, 135, 140
foundation of, 52
Oath, in court of law, 214-217
Oht-here, voyage of, 157-160
Orosius, Paulus, 152, 177
Payments for convenience, 225, 231
Peace of 878, 139
Pilgrimages to Rome, 75
Property law, 231, 232
Religion of the tribes, 3-5
Religious bequests by Alfred, 112
Rome, Alfred’s connection with, 28
communication with, 86
Slaves, freedom of, 113
of Anglo-Saxons, 223-225
St. Cuthbert, 15
St. Lawrence, Bradford-on-Avon, 248
State of English defences, 119-123
Stone masonry, 248
Thegnhood increased, 143, 144
Viking raids, 125-129, 135-139
Vikings, invasion of, 55
Voyages of Oht-here and Wulfstan, 157-160
Walls of London restored by Alfred, 245, 247
Wergild, payment of, 233
Will of Alfred, 110, 203
of Ethelwulf, 73
Witenagemot, 31, 32, 211
Women of Anglo-Saxons, 7, 8
Writings of Alfred, 63, 64
Wulfstan, voyage of, 160, 161
York, battle of, 128
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