Power, Provision and Punishment: Alfred’s Presentation of a King’s Responsibilities in the 'Old English Pastoral Care' and the 'Old English Boethius'

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Power, Provision and Punishment: Alfred’s Presentation of a King’s Responsibilities in the 'Old English Pastoral Care' and the 'Old English Boethius'

Alfredian literature is at the forefront of early-medieval English (AngloSaxon) literary studies today. Scholars have largely been preoccupied with debating how much of the corpus is authentically Alfred’s and how much was composed by others under the king’s name. I shall address a more pertinent qu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Masters, Samuel
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2024
Subjects:	Alfred King of England 849-899 King Alfred Old English Literature early-medieval English Old English Boethius Old English Pastoral Care
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/77409/

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