Asser’s Life of King Alfred

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Asser’s Life of King Alfred is a late 9th-century Latin biography of King Alfred the Great, written by the Welsh monk Asser and serving as a key primary source for Alfred’s reign and early English history.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin prose work ⓘ
hagiographical work ⓘ
historical source ⓘ
medieval biography ⓘ
author Asser ⓘ
commissionedBy Alfred the Great ⓘ
contains accounts of battles against the Vikings ⓘ
anecdotes about Alfred’s character ⓘ
chronological narrative of Alfred’s life ⓘ
descriptions of Alfred’s legal reforms ⓘ
descriptions of Alfred’s promotion of learning ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Wessex ⓘ
dateWritten late 9th century ⓘ
describes Alfred’s educational reforms ⓘ
Alfred’s military campaigns ⓘ
Alfred’s religious reforms ⓘ
Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
Viking invasions of England ⓘ
court of Alfred the Great ⓘ
early life of Alfred the Great ⓘ
reign of Alfred the Great ⓘ
focusesOn Alfred’s kingship and governance ⓘ
Alfred’s learning and scholarship ⓘ
Alfred’s piety ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
royal biography ⓘ
historicalPeriodDescribed 9th-century England ⓘ
Anglo-Saxon period ⓘ
historicalValue key source for 9th-century Anglo-Welsh relations ⓘ
major narrative source for Alfred’s biography ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
mainSubject Alfred the Great ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage Latin ⓘ
portrays Alfred the Great as an ideal Christian king ⓘ
regionDescribed Mercia ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
relatedWork Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ
studiedIn Anglo-Saxon history ⓘ
Latin literature ⓘ
medieval studies ⓘ
survivesAs medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ
timeOfWriting during Alfred the Great’s lifetime ⓘ
usedAs primary source for Alfred’s reign ⓘ
primary source for early English history ⓘ
writtenBy Asser of St David’s ⓘ
writtenByOccupation Welsh monk ⓘ

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Osburh → mentionedIn → Asser’s Life of King Alfred ⓘ
Battle of Ashdown → describedIn → Asser's Life of King Alfred ⓘ
linked to: Asser’s Life of King Alfred
Æthelweard → describedBySource → Asser’s Life of King Alfred ⓘ
Asser’s Life of King Alfred → portrays → Alfred the Great as an ideal Christian king ⓘ
linked to: Asser’s Life of King Alfred
Battle of Ashdown (871) → describedIn → Asser’s Life of King Alfred ⓘ