Life Of Alfred The Great

Life of Alfred the Great

by Bishop of Sherbourne Asser

A life of King Alfred of England originally composed in Latin, possibly sometime around 888 A.D. by the Monk and Bishop Asser, although some scholars contend that the work was actually composed much later by an unknown hand. (Summary by Douglas B. Killings)

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