Little is known of Asser beyond this work.
Simon Keynes is Reader in Anglo-Saxon History at Cambridge University. He is the author of The Diplomas of King Aethelred “the Unready” and of numerous articles on Anglo-Saxon history. Michael Lapidge is Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Clare College. He has translated the Latin writings of Aldhelm and is the author of numerous books on Latin literature.
3 Ebooks by Asser
Asser: The Life of King Alfred
One of the most important sources of information on Alfred the Great (King of Wessex from 871 to 899) is Asser’s ‘The Life of King Alfred’. Asser was a Welsh monk who accepted a position in the court …
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Asser: Alfred the Great
Asser’s Life of King Alfred, written in 893, is a revealing account of one of the greatest of medieval kings. Composed by a monk of St David’s in Wales who became Bishop of Sherborne in Alfred’s …
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Asser: Asser’s Life of King Alfred
Alfred the Great (848 – 899) was a king in West Saxon and then the first king of the Anglo-Saxons, king of Britain. He spent his early career fighting Viking invasions, until in 878 he won a decisive …
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