Asser's Life of King Alfred

Chapter 10: Transcriber’s Notes

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About This Book

A near-contemporary cleric presents a life of an English king, tracing lineage, upbringing, a pilgrimage to Rome, encounters with invading forces, and the ebb and flow of military and political fortunes. The account records efforts at legal and ecclesiastical reform, the promotion of learning and translation work, and administrative initiatives, while offering moral and character assessment. The narrative blends material drawn from annals with original, often ornate Latin commentary, mixing documentary detail and occasional rhetorical or legendary embellishment within a broadly laudatory portrait.

Transcriber’s Notes

Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they were not changed.

Simple typographical errors were corrected; unbalanced quotation marks were remedied when the change was obvious, and otherwise left unbalanced.

Footnotes, originally at the bottoms of pages, have been collected, renumbered, and moved to precede the Index.

The index was not checked for proper alphabetization or correct page references. The link for one incorrect reference was changed and no link was attempted for another incorrect reference.