Asser, John d. 909

Alfred the Great : Asser's Life of King Alfred and other contemporary sources by John Asser ( Book )
66 editions published between 1574 and 2009 in English and Latin and held by 1,740 libraries worldwide
Very few King's earn the appellation 'Great'. Alfred is the only English King honoured with this name and is credited with various successes (the foundation of a navy, English education system and religious revival). His memory looms large in the English Imagination. The medieval 'Life' of King Alfred of Wessex purports to be written by Asser, a monk in the King's service. This account of one of England's best loved and most famous kings has been accepted as offering evidence on most aspects of life in early medieval England and beyond. It was used in Victorian times to create a 'Cult' of Alfred. Alfred Smyth offers a carefully annotated translation of the 'Life' together with a long commentary. He argues that the 'Life' is a forgery which has profound implications not only for our understanding of the early English and medieval past but also for the nature of biography and history. This close scholarly rendering of the text allows the reader access to the intricacies of medieval history.

Six old English chronicles ( Book )
5 editions published in 1848 in English and held by 237 libraries worldwide

Six old English chronicles, of which two are now first translated from the monkish Latin originals. Ethelwerd's Chronicle. Asser's Life of Alfred. Geoffrey of Monmouth's British history. Gildas. Nennius. and Richard of Cirencester ( Book )
9 editions published between 1848 and 1981 in English and held by 98 libraries worldwide

Six old English chronicles : of which two are now first translated from the monkish Latin originals ( Book )
7 editions published between 1866 and 1891 in English and held by 82 libraries worldwide

Anglica, Normannica, Hibernica, Cambrica, a veteribus scripta: ex quibus Asser Meneuensis, anonymus de vita Gulielmi Conquestoris, Thomas VValsingham, Thomas de la More, Gulielmus Gemeticensis, Giraldus Cambrensis by William Camden ( Book )
2 editions published in 1603 in Latin and held by 21 libraries worldwide

The Chronicle of Fabius Ethelwerd. Asser's Annals of King Alfred. The Book of Hyde. The Chronicles of John Wallingford. The history of Ingulf. Gaimar by Joseph Stevenson ( Book )
1 edition published in 1854 in English and held by 12 libraries worldwide

Annales rerum gestarum Aelfredi Magni, recensuit Franciscus Wise by John Asser ( Book )
1 edition published in 1722 in Italian and held by 9 libraries worldwide

Alfred the Great : Asser's Life of Alfred and other contemporary sources by John Asser ( Book )
4 editions published between 1574 and 1983 in Latin and English and held by 8 libraries worldwide

Asser's life of King Alfred : together with the Annals of Saint Neots erroneously ascribed to Asser by John Asser ( Book )
1 edition published in 1904 in English and held by 5 libraries worldwide

Old English chronicles, including Ethelwerds Chronicle. Asser's life of Alfred. Geoffrey of Monmouth's British history. Gildas. Nennius. Together with the spurious chronicle of Richard of Chichester ( Book )
1 edition published in 1910 in English and held by 5 libraries worldwide