{"product_id":"king-alfred-the-great-his-tomzas-mario-kalmar-9789463729611","title":"King Alfred the Great, His Hagiographers and His Cult: A Childhood Remembered","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book situates Alfred the Great in his hagiographic context. For 150 years, the fables told in the ninth century about Alfred's childhood have posed interlocking disciplinary challenges to historians committed to evicting romance from history. Blending current Hagiography Studies with historical, literary, and biblical hermeneutics can help us forgo the anti-hagiographic commitments which motivated the scholars who purified the Victorian cult of Alfred by expunging his legends and salvaging his historicity. The book focusses on the typological functions of three Alfredian fables from the \u003ci\u003eOld English Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eOld English Boethius\u003c\/i\u003e, and Asser's \u003ci\u003eVita  lfredi\u003c\/i\u003e, analyses the plot common to all three, critiques the psychological conjecture that Alfred's childhood memory was their common source, and shows that synoptically they can help us see how Alfred shaped the curve of his own life's destiny and how he engaged in the formation of his own cult to last a thousand years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tomás Mario Kalmar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9463729615\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789463729611\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d","brand":"Tomás Mario Kalmar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48014151549183,"sku":"9789463729611","price":160.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_410fcf77-52f3-42e9-b49a-13285ba7d6b9.jpg?v=1767747050","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/king-alfred-the-great-his-tomzas-mario-kalmar-9789463729611","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}