![]() Some of what Asser says, and the way in which he says it, falls oddly on the ears of historians more accustomed to ![]() The loose construction has suggested, though it does not prove, that our text isĪ draft. The book is sometimes ramblingĪnd disjointed, with inconsequential and apparently contradictory elements, even at crucial points, and is written in a style Its introductory account of Alfred’s birth and descent, it can be divided into six sections: three are annalistic, describingĮvents, most military, and largely derived from an early version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, these alternate with three sections describing aspects of the king’s life and character. ![]() Unusual in being written during the lifetime of its subject for Alfred did not die until 899. Seven years later he wrote a life of his lord, most ![]() Asser, a Welsh cleric, entered the service of King Alfred in about 886. ![]()
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