{"product_id":"alfred-the-great-richard-abels-9780582040472","title":"Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England","description":"This biography of Alfred the Great, king of the West Saxons (871-899), combines a sensitive reading of the primary sources with a careful evaluation of the most recent scholarly research on the history and archaeology of ninth-century England. Alfred emerges from the pages of this biography as a great warlord, an effective and inventive ruler, and a passionate scholar whose piety and intellectual curiosity led him to sponsor a cultural and spiritual renaissance. Alfred's victories on the battlefield and his sweeping administrative innovations not only preserved his native Wessex from viking conquest, but began the process of political consolidation that would culminate in the creation of the kingdom of England. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England\u003c\/i\u003e strips away the varnish of later interpretations to recover the historical Alfredpragmatic, generous, brutal, pious, scholarly within the context of his own age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Abels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0582040477\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780582040472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.51h x 5.44w x 0.81d","brand":"Richard Abels","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981040681215,"sku":"9780582040472","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e10bed17-63e3-41e9-b3b0-a44af4cfcb57.jpg?v=1683253337","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alfred-the-great-richard-abels-9780582040472","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}