King Alfreds Coins

Author : Gareth Williams
Publisher : Ashmolean Museum Oxford
ISBN 13 : 9781910807132
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book King Alfred's Coins written by Gareth Williams and published by Ashmolean Museum Oxford. This book was released on 2017-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: -Written to honor the newly discovered National Treasure that the Ashmolean hopes to acquire in the not too distant future In October 2015, metal detectorist James Mather discovered an important Viking hoard near Watlington in South Oxfordshire. The hoard dates from the end of the 870s, a key moment in the struggle between Anglo-Saxons and Vikings for control of southern England. The Watlington hoard is a significant new source of information on that struggle, throwing new light not only on the conflict between Anglo-Saxon and Viking, but also on the changing relationship between the two great Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex. This was to lead to the formation of a single united kingdom of England only a few years later. The hoard contains a mixture of Anglo-Saxon coins and Viking silver, and is in many ways a typical Viking hoard. However, its significance comes from the fact that it contains so many examples of previously rare coins belonging to Alfred the Great, king of Wessex (871-99) and his less well-known contemporary Ceolwulf II of Mercia (874-c.879). These coins provide a clearer understanding of the relationship between Alfred and Ceolwulf, and perhaps also of how the once great kingdom of Mercia came to be absorbed into the emerging kingdom of England by Alfred and his successors. A major fundraising campaign is being planned by the Ashmolean to secure this collection for the museum.

Author : John Allen Giles
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Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memorials of King Alfred written by John Allen Giles and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mark A. S. Blackburn
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 9780851155982
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kings, Currency, and Alliances written by Mark A. S. Blackburn and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 1998 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians, numismatists and philologists consider fundamental aspects of 9c political and economic history. The ninth century was a period of upheaval in England, as the kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex vied for supremacy, and East Anglia and Kent sought to regain their independence, with the arrival of the Vikings introducing a further element of unrest. This interdisciplinary collection of papers by historians, numismatists and philologists considers fundamental aspects of the period's political and economic history. Alliances and treaties are a central theme, political and monetary. A radical reassesment of events in London in the later ninth century is presented, prompted by a detailed examination of the numismatic evidence marshalled here along with the written sources; it is argued that the Vikings were not in control of the city prior to Alfred's "reoccupation" in AD 886. The volume includes an illustrated corpus of the coinage of Berhtwulf and another for the middle years of Alfred's reign; moneyers are identified as witnesses to charters, and the forms of their names are analysed according to the Old English dialects they represent. A listing of some 500 single coin-finds forms the basis for a discussion of the nature and extent ofmonetary use in ninth-century England. The late MARK BLACKBURN was Keeper of Coins and Medals at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; DAVID DUMVILLE is Emeritus Professor at the University of Aberdeen. Contributors: SIMON KEYNES, THOMAS CHARLES-EDWARDS, JAMES BOOTH, MARK BLACKBURN, LORD STEWARTBY, PAUL BIBIRE, D.M. METCALF, MICHAEL BONSER

Author : Alfred (King of England)
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Total Pages : 590 pages
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Download or read book The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great written by Alfred (King of England) and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 590 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alfred (King of England)
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Total Pages : 622 pages
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Download or read book The Whole Works of King Alfred the Great written by Alfred (King of England) and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alfred Bowker
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 342 pages
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Download or read book The King Alfred Millenary written by Alfred Bowker and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Francis Keary
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Total Pages : 456 pages
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Download or read book A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum. Anglo-saxon Series written by Charles Francis Keary and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tim Clarkson
Publisher : Birlinn Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788850564
Total Pages : 287 pages
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Download or read book Æthelflæd written by Tim Clarkson and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of the Lady of the Mercians. At the end of the ninth century AD, a large part of what is now England was controlled by the Vikings – heathen warriors from Scandinavia who had been attacking the British Isles for more than a hundred years. Alfred the Great, king of Wessex, was determined to regain the conquered lands but his death in 899 meant that the task passed to his son Edward. In the early 900s, Edward led a great fightback against the Viking armies. He was assisted by the English rulers of Mercia: Lord Æthelred and his wife Æthelflæd (Edward's sister). After her husband's death, Æthelflæd ruled Mercia on her own, leading the army to war and working with her brother to achieve their father's aims. Known to history as the Lady of the Mercians, she earned a reputation as a competent general and was feared by her enemies. She helped to save England from the Vikings and is one of the most famous women of the Dark Ages. This book, published 1100 years after her death, tells her remarkable story.

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Total Pages : 380 pages
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Download or read book Memorials of King Alfred written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : British Museum. Department of Coins and Medals
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
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Download or read book A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum written by British Museum. Department of Coins and Medals and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: