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sends to Asser, 21;

born at Wantage, 22, 70;

legends relating to, 24, 56-9, 62-8, 73 n.;

foreign relations of, 33, 131-5;

his fondness for Saxon poems, 38, 82, 83;

called ‘king of the Anglo-Saxons’ in Asser, 39;

part of Mercia acquired by, 39;

power of, exaggerated by later writers, 39, 129 n.;

occupation of London by, 39, 40;

his title of ‘secundarius,’ 40, 88-91;

Anaraut of N. Wales submits and becomes godson to, 42;

his interest in craftsmanship, 46, 47, 130-1;

ideal description of Court of, in Asser, 53, 130;

Danes try to seize, at Chippenham, 59, 102, 162;

withdrawal of, to Athelney, 57-9, 102;

confused with Æthelred, 65;

said to have sent alms to Jerusalem, 65;

false pedigree of, 65;

his alleged division of his time and revenues, 65 n., 130;

his fame obscured by Edgar, 67, 129;

date of birth of, 69, 70;

taken to Rome in 853, 70;

again in 855, 75, 76;

his confirmation and unction by Leo IV, 71-4, 76;

story of his learning to read, 81-4;

abstains from claiming Kent, 75, 86, 89;

relations of, with Æthelred, 88;

marches to Nottingham, 88;

joins in appointing Æthelred to Canterbury, 88 n.;

marriage of, 91;

his year of battles, 92-5;

his accession and his task, 95-7;

question of his election, 91 n., 97-8;

his unwillingness to assume power, 97;

sends alms and missions to Rome, 12, 22;

relation of Annals of Asser to, 22;

emendation of text of, 33-5;

Celtic characteristics of, 35-42;

knowledge of South Welsh affairs shown in, 35, 42-4;

does not exaggerate Alfred’s position, 39;

terminology of, in regard to the Carolingian Empire, 40, 41;

probably the work of a single hand, 44-8;

curious meaning of ‘aedificia’ in, 46, 47;

style of, 47, 48;

abrupt termination of, 51, 52;

probably genuine, but to be used with caution, 52, 214;

idealised description of Alfred’s Court in, 53, 130;

used by William of Malmesbury, 62.

Asser, Annals of, see Neot, St.

Athelney, Somerset, unapproachable position of, 35;

Alfred’s withdrawal to, 57-9, 102, 105, 106;

Alfred fortifies, 102;

Alfred moves out of, 102, cf. 162;

monastery of, founded by Alfred, 68, 128;

disorders in, 129, 137;

young Dane educated by Alfred in, 16;

abbot of, see John the Old Saxon.

Athelstan, under-king of Kent, 73;

not identical with St. Neot, 6;

probably Alfred’s uncle, 6;

fights a naval battle, 120 n.

Athelstan, Mercian priest, chaplain to Alfred, 136.

Athelstan, bishop of Hereford, 137 n.

Athelstan, king of the West Saxons, panegyrics on, in Chronicle and Laws, 12;

William of Malmesbury’s special sources for reign of, 62;

investiture of, by Alfred, 196.

Augustine, St., bishop of Hippo, his Soliloquies, 194;

Alfred’s translation of, 10, 11, 128, 191-6;

relation of, to the Boethius translation, 194-5;

not identical with Alfred’s Handbook, 141, 192;

his De Ciuitate Dei, 157;

used by Alfred, 191;

a favourite book with Charles the Great, 191-2;

his De Videndo Deo, used by Alfred, 191.

Augustine, archbishop of Canterbury, complaints of, in regard to Welsh baptisms, 96 n.;

military policy of, 111;

defeats the Danes at Farnham, 114;

blockades them on the Colne, 114-5;

captures Benfleet, 115;

document addressed to, 125-6;

carries out Alfred’s foundation of the New Minster, 129 n.

Edward the Confessor, king of England, transference of See of Devon and Cornwall to Exeter by, 18, 19.

Edward I, king of England, comparison of, with Alfred, 200-2;

bases the constitution on popular representation, 210;

one of the creators of England’s greatness, 200 n.

Egbert, king of the West Saxons, Celts under, take part with the Danes, 43;

advance of Wessex under, 85;

reduces the Welsh, 85;

makes Æthelwulf king of Kent, 85;

his dominions divided at his death, 86;

his sojourn on the Continent, 86;

union of England under, 210.

Egbert, king of part of Northumbria, set up by the Danes, 88.

Einhard, his life of Charles the Great modelled on Suetonius’ life of Augustus, 10.

Elfred, see Æthelred.

Elias III, patriarch of Jerusalem, Alfred corresponds with, 16, 33, 34, 132;

miscalled Abel, and Bel, 33-4.

Elised, see Helised.

Elizabeth, queen of England, ecclesiastical policy of, 211.

Ely, Cambridgeshire, Hereward’s defence of, 59.

England, English, kings of, see Æthelred II, Canute, Edward the Confessor, Edward I, George III, Henry II, Henry VI, Henry VIII, John, Richard I, William I;

queens of, see Elizabeth, Victoria.

Englefield, near Reading, Berks., Danes defeated at, 93.

Essex ceded to the Danes, 105.

Ethandun, identifications of, 102-3 n.

Ethelwerd, the Chronicler, corruption of text of, 21, 60;

terminology of, 37 n.;

relation of, to the Chron., 51 n., 60;

obscurity of, 60;

his panegyric on Alfred, 12, 198;

exaggerates Alfred’s position, 63 n.;

mentions Alfred’s Boethius, 185.

61;

his treatise De Contemptu Mundi, 178 n.

Henry VIII, king of England, ecclesiastical policy of, 211.

Hereford, bishop of, see Athelstan.

Hereward, his defence of the isle of Ely, 59 n.

Hierosolyma, see Jerusalem.

Howel, son of Rhys, king of Glewissig, dies at Rome in 885, 19, 44;

his crime, 19, 44;

submits to Alfred, 42.

Hubert, St., forged pedigree of, 57.

Huntingdonshire, translation of St. Neot’s relics to, 29.

Iglea, identifications of, 102 n.

India, Alfred sends alms to, 65, 66, 99, 134;

first recorded instance of relations between England and, 134.

Ingulf, abbot of Croyland, Chronicle of, a forgery, but contains genuine traditions, 66, 99.

Ingwar, Danish chief, 104.

Ireland, Alfred said to have been sent to, 62;

a good country for hunting, 83 n.;

relations of Alfred with, 129, 131-2;

love of pilgrimage in Church of, 131-2;

relations of Charles the Great with, 131 n.

Jacopone, his poem De Contemptu Mundi, 178.

Jehan de Meun, two French translations of Boethius’ Consolatio ascribed to, 190.

Jerusalem, Alfred said to have sent alms to, 65;

three ‘Scots’ go to, 132;

account of pilgrimages to, 132-4;

Charles the Great founds a hospice and library at, 133;

patriarchs of, see Elias, Theodosius.

Joan of Arc, Alfred compared with, 107.

John, king of England, character of, by Stubbs, 2.

John the Old Saxon, abbot of Athelney, 66 n., 137;

John Scotus Erigena confused with, 7;

military skill of, 16, 66 n.;

brought to England by Alfred, 17, 137;

two of his monks try to murder, 129, 137;

helps Alfred with the Pastoral Care, 138, 143 n.

John VIII, Pope, letter of, to Abp. Æthelred, 127-8.

John Scotus Erigena, commonly confused with John the Old Saxon, 7.

Joinville, his biography of St. Louis, 202.

Judith, second wife of Louis the Pious, 80.

Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald, marriage with Æthelwulf, 17, Saxones, use of term by Asser, 37-9;

school of, at Rome, 39, 58;

burnt, 76;

restored by Æthelwulf, 76.

Saxonia, meaning of, in Asser, 37, cf. 18, 85.

Saxons, the Old or Continental, invaded by the Danes, 40;

4,500 of, massacred by Charles the Great, 201.

Scots, see Ireland.

Seals, use of, in England, 176 n.

Secundarius, meaning of title, 40, 89-91.

Seine, R., Danes retire to, 118.

Senneus, Eastern saint, 34.

Sergius II, Pope, ravages of Saracens under, 77.

Severn, R., Danes march up, 116;

march to, 118.

Severus, wall of, 158-9, 161 n.

Shaftesbury, Wilts., one of Alfred’s ‘burgs,’ 129 n.;

monastery of, founded by Alfred, 68, 128.

Sherborne, possible division of diocese of, 20, 21 n.;

bishops of, see Aldhelm, Asser, Heahmund, Wulfsige.

Shire-system, not invented by Alfred, 6, cf. 121.

Shoebury, Essex, Danes fortify themselves at, 115, 117.

Sicily, conquered by Saracens, 77.

Sigbert, ex-king of the East Angles, leads his subjects against Penda, 66.

Simeon of Durham, relation of, to Asser, 23, 31, 32, 34, 64;

double recension of part of, 31, 32, 61, 62.

Simon de Montfort, experiment of representation tried by, 210.

Sithiu, see St. Omer.

Siward, earl of Northumbria, anecdote of, 61.

Somerset, men of, rally to Alfred, 102;

ealdormen of, see Æthelnoth, Eanwulf.

Southwick, Hants, priory of, formerly owned Cotton MS. Otho, B. xi, 168 n.

Spain, ravages of Danes in, 77.

Stour, R., Essex, wikings defeated at mouth of, 64, 108.

Stubbs, William, Lord Bishop of Oxford, his character as an historian and view of history, 1-3;

his hopefulness, 3;

loss to the Church by his death, THE END

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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