King Alfred the Great (–0899)
Auteur de King Alfred's version of St. Augustine's Soliloquies
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Œuvres de King Alfred the Great
King Alfred's Anglo Saxon version of Boethius De consolatione philosophiae: with a literal English translation, notes,… (1864) — Préface; Traducteur — 16 exemplaires
King Alfred's West-Saxon Version of Gregory's Pastoral Care: With an English translation, the Latin text, notes and an… (1999) — Traducteur — 6 exemplaires
The Discovery of Muscovy: With the Voyages of Ohthere and Wulfstan from King Alfred's Orosius, With an Introd, By Henry… (2012) 6 exemplaires
Selections from the Old English Bede — Traducteur — 2 exemplaires
King Alfred's Orosius, Part 1: Old English Text And Latin Original (1883) published by Kessinger Publishing, LLC… (2010) — Traducteur — 1 exemplaire
The whole works of King Alfred the Great 1 exemplaire
The Paris Psalter and the meters of Boethius 1 exemplaire
Alfred's Metres of Boethius 1 exemplaire
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Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- c. 847-849
- Date de décès
- 0899-10-26
- Lieu de sépulture
- Old Minster, Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK (0899)
New Minster, Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK (0903)
Hyde Abbey, Winchester, Hampshire, England, UK (1110) - Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- England
- Pays (pour la carte)
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Wantage, Oxfordshire, England, UK (historically Berkshire, Wessex)
- Professions
- King of the West Saxons
King of the Anglo-Saxons - Relations
- Edward the Confessor (great-great-great grandchild)
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Critiques
King Alfred's West-Saxon version of Gregory's… par Pope Gregory I
2 v.Ex-lib. Northwestern Univ. library. P. 381-400 of v.2 wanting.
A very useful version of the Old English text with modern English translation beneath.
Naturally the translation is somewhat dated - to be expected in a work first published over 100 years ago! - but it still gives the reader a good idea of the content of the original without the hassle of having to translate it oneself (vital for researchers who are pushed for time) and in a style which is evocative of the religious rhetoric being put to use both by Gregory and Alfred, something which it is possible would be missing from a translation into modern idiom and which would risk rendering the text soulless.… (plus d'informations)
Naturally the translation is somewhat dated - to be expected in a work first published over 100 years ago! - but it still gives the reader a good idea of the content of the original without the hassle of having to translate it oneself (vital for researchers who are pushed for time) and in a style which is evocative of the religious rhetoric being put to use both by Gregory and Alfred, something which it is possible would be missing from a translation into modern idiom and which would risk rendering the text soulless.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 19
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 102
- Popularité
- #187,251
- Évaluation
- 3.9
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 30
- Langues
- 2