THE CHIEF EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF A.D. KING ALFRED THE GREAT. 849 Alfred born at Wantage. 851 The Northmen defeated at Ockley in Surrey. 855 Alfred's second journey to Rome. 856 Ethelwulf, Alfred's father, marries Judith. 860 Ethelbald dies: Ethelbert succeeds. The Northmen sack Winchester. 866 Ethelbert dies: Ethelred succeeds.. 867 The Northmen take York. 868 Alfred marries Ethelswitha. Alfred fights at Nottingham. 869 The Northmen conquer East Anglia. Battles at Ashdown, Basing, and Merton. Alfred chosen King. Battle at Wilton. Peace between the Northmen and Alfred. 873-874 Fall of Mercia. 875 A sea-fight in the Channel. The Northmen ravage Northumbria. 876 The Northmen at Wareham. 877 Sea-fight off Swanage. 878 The Northmen take Chippenham. Alfred in Somerset. Battle at Edington. Peace of Wedmore. 880 Guthrum settles in East-Anglia. 882 Sea-fight. Alfred defeats the Danes. 884 Asser arrives at Alfred's Court. 885 Sea-fight at Mouth of Stour. Alfred drives the Danes from Rochester. 886 Re-building of London, 890 Guthrum dies. 892 The Northmen land in Kent under Hasting. 894 Battle at Farnham. Hasting ravages Wessex. 895 The Northmen in Essex. 896 Alfred defeats the Northmen on the Lea. Hasting occupies Chester. 897 Sea-fight off Devonshire. Defeat of the Northmen. Ending of the War. 901 Death of King Alfred at Winchester. Succession of Edward the Elder. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL LIST OF WORKS RELATING TO THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF 1. The Original Authorities for Alfred's Life. THE following, among other books, may be recommended to those who are desirous of getting fuller information on the Life and Times of King Alfred. The English Chronicle. Edited by J. A. Giles. The Chronicles of Florence, Ethelwerd. William of Malmesbury, A.D. II. Modern Lives of Alfred. 1634 The Life of Alfred or Alured, by Robert Powell. 1678 The Life of Alfred the Great, by Sir John Spelman. 1709 Spelman's Life of Alfred the Great, by Thomas Hearne. 1722 Asser's Life of Alfred, by F. Wise. 1777 Life of Alfred the Great, by A. Bicknell. 1848 Life and Times of Alfred the Great, by J. A. Giles. 1849 The Life and Maxims of Alfred the Great, by Albert E. Haller. 1852 Life of King Alfred, by Dr. R. Pauli. 1856 Alfred le Grand, by G. Guizot. 1869 Alfred the Great, by Thomas Hughes. 1898 King Alfred the Great, by Montagu Burrows. N. D. History of King Alfred the Great, by Jacob Abbott. A.D. 1899 Alfred the Great, by Besant, Harrison, Browne, Oman, Markham, Earle, Pollock and Loftie. Edited by A. Bowker. 1899 Life of Alfred, by J. H. Cook. 1900 The Story of Alfred the Great, by W. Hawkins and E. T. Smith. 1900 Alfred the West Saxon King of the English, by Dugald Macfadyen. 1901 Alfred the Great, by Warwick H. Draper. III. Works relating to King Alfred. THE following histories contain very full accounts of King Alfred : 1842 Biographia Britannica Literaria, by Thomas Wright. 1867 History of the Anglo-Saxons, by F. T. Palgrave. 1870 History of the Norman Conquest, by E. A. Freeman. 1873 Old-English History, by E. A. Freeman. 1899 The Conquest of England, by J. R. Green. The Dictionary of National Biography has an excellent life of Alfred, by E. A. Freeman. IV. The Writings of Alfred. 1788 The Will of Alfred the Great. 1840 Alfred's Laws, etc., in Codex Diplomaticus, by Kemble. 1847 Bede's History. Edited by J. A. Giles. 1852 The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great. Edited by J. A. Giles. 1855 Facsimile of Alfred's "Description of Europe" from Orosius, by Joseph Bosworth. 1870 Select Charters, by W. Stubbs. 1871 The Pastoral Care. Edited by H. Sweet. 1893 Orosius. Edited by B. Thorpe. 1900 The Consolations of Boethius, done into Modern English, by Walter J. Sedgefield. 1901 The Writings of King Alfred, by Frederic Harrison. |