John Slevin completed his PhD on the Historical Writing of Alfred of Beverley at the University of Exeter in 2013. Lynda Lockyer completed her PhD in Renaissance Intellectual and Cultural History at the Warburg Institute in 2013.

This fine book, the first modern critical edition of Alfred's History, will hopefully spark new and much-deserved interest in Alfred's work.

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsList of plates, figures and mapsINTRODUCTIONAlfred of Beverley - Man, Milieu & MemoryDate and Circumstances of the HistorySourcesi. Introductionii. Henry of Huntingdoniii. Geoffrey of Monmouthiv. John of Worcesterv. The Durham Historia RegumThe Afterlife of AlfredHistorical place, purpose and valueManuscriptsEditionsi. Previous Editionii. This Edition TEXT AND TRANSLATIONAppendicesGeneral Index

John Slevin completed his PhD on the Historical Writing of Alfred of Beverley at the University of Exeter in 2013. Lynda Lockyer completed her PhD in Renaissance Intellectual and Cultural History at the Warburg Institute in 2013.

This fine book, the first modern critical edition of Alfred's History, will hopefully spark new and much-deserved interest in Alfred's work.

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsList of plates, figures and mapsINTRODUCTIONAlfred of Beverley - Man, Milieu & MemoryDate and Circumstances of the HistorySourcesi. Introductionii. Henry of Huntingdoniii. Geoffrey of Monmouthiv. John of Worcesterv. The Durham Historia RegumThe Afterlife of AlfredHistorical place, purpose and valueManuscriptsEditionsi. Previous Editionii. This Edition TEXT AND TRANSLATIONAppendicesGeneral Index

John Slevin completed his PhD on the Historical Writing of Alfred of Beverley at the University of Exeter in 2013. Lynda Lockyer completed her PhD in Renaissance Intellectual and Cultural History at the Warburg Institute in 2013.

This fine book, the first modern critical edition of Alfred's History, will hopefully spark new and much-deserved interest in Alfred's work.

• Preface and AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsList of plates, figures and mapsINTRODUCTIONAlfred of Beverley - Man, Milieu & MemoryDate and Circumstances of the HistorySourcesi. Introductionii. Henry of Huntingdoniii. Geoffrey of Monmouthiv. John of Worcesterv. The Durham Historia RegumThe Afterlife of AlfredHistorical place, purpose and valueManuscriptsEditionsi. Previous Editionii. This Edition TEXT AND TRANSLATIONAppendicesGeneral Index