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This is a new edition, not a facsimile, it has been re-set, of a polemical work first published in 1634, which contrasted Alfred the Great with the government of Charles I. It is actually the earliest modern account of Alfred. Spelman’s Life was not published till 1678. The idea that Alfred was a founder of the University of Oxford is a popular medieval myth, but that is not the only bizarre aspect to this book, which offers a laudatory comparison between Alfred the Great and Charles I. The work includes a modern introduction by Francis Wilson and bibliographical notes by Shaun Tyas. Two original copies of the book were examined to check the careful resetting of the text.
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The Life of Alfred
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Paul Watkins, Stamford, 1996
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THE LIFE OF ALFRED OR ALVRED. The First Institutor of Subordinate Government in This Kingdome, and Refounder of the University of Oxford. Together with a Parallell of Our Soveraigne Lord, King Charles, Untill This Year 1634.
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Paul Watkins, Stamford, Lincolnshire, 1996
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Critical Edition. 44 pages, illus in b/w, a critical edition of the first modern account of Alfred the Great, with an introduction by Francis Wilson and bibliographical notes by Shaun Tyas. As new. Seller Inventory # BW/1028
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The Life of Alfred, or, Alvred: The First Institutor of Subordinate Government in this Kingdome, and Refounder of the University of Oxford. Together with a Parallell of our Soveraigne Lord, King Charles, untill this yeare 1634
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Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 235 x 155 mm. 44 pp. Brown cloth boards in brown illustrated jacket. Jacket is lightly sunned at edges, with some creasing and a few slight scratches. A critical edition of Robert Powell's account, first published in London, 1634, with an introduction by Francis Wilson and biographical notes by Shaun Tyas. Book. Seller Inventory # 34533
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The Life of Alfred, or, Alvred: The First Institutor of Subordinate Government in this Kingdome, and Refounder of the University of Oxford. Together with a Parallell of our Soveraigne Lord, King Charles, untill this yeare 1634 - A Critical Edition of the First Modern Account of Alfred the Great
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The Life of King Alfred or Alvred
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