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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ALFRED THE GREAT

_C. PLUMMER_




                           HENRY FROWDE, M.A.
                  PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
                            LONDON, EDINBURGH
                                NEW YORK




                           THE LIFE AND TIMES
                                   OF
                            ALFRED THE GREAT

                    BEING THE FORD LECTURES FOR 1901

                                   BY
                          CHARLES PLUMMER, M.A.
          FELLOW AND CHAPLAIN OF CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, OXFORD

                            WITH AN APPENDIX

                             [Illustration]

                                 OXFORD
                         AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
                                  1902

                         [_All rights reserved_]

                                 OXFORD
                     PRINTED AT THE CLARENDON PRESS
                          BY HORACE HART, M.A.
                        PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY




TO THE REV. JOHN EARLE, M.A.

RAWLINSONIAN PROFESSOR OF ANGLO-SAXON IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD

THESE LECTURES ARE AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY HIS FRIEND AND FORMER PUPIL

THE AUTHOR




PREFACE


The present work contains the lectures delivered by me on the Ford
foundation in Michaelmas Term, 1901. The lectures are printed
substantially as they were delivered, with the exception that certain
passages which were shortened or omitted in delivery owing to want of
time are now given in full.

In the notes will be found the authorities and arguments on which the
conclusions of the text are based. The notes occupy a rather large
proportion of the book, because I wished to spare my audience,