See also:

• ASSER, or ASSERIUS MENEVENSIS (d. c. 910)

ASSER, or ASSERIUS MENEVENSIS (d. c. 910)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop, and author of a See also:

• LIFE

life of See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred the See also:

• GREAT

Great, was a native of the western See also:

• PART

part of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales, and was related to Nobis, bishop of St See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David's . He became a See also:

• MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
• MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
• MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
• MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)

monk at St David's, and having acquired some reputation for learning, he was invited by See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King Alfred to his See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court . The king met the monk at Denu (probably See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East or See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West See also:

• DEAN (Lat. decanus, derived from the Gr. 8eaa, ten)
• DEAN, FOREST OF

Dean, near See also:

• SEAFORD

Seaford in See also:

• SUSSEX
• SUSSEX, EARLS OF
• SUSSEX, KINGDOM OF (SO Seaxe, i.e. the South Saxons)
• SUSSEX, THOMAS RADCLYFFE [or RATCLYFFE], 3RD EARL OF (c. 1525-1583)

Sussex), but See also:

• ASSER, or ASSERIUS MENEVENSIS (d. c. 910)

Asser did not at once accept the invitation of Alfred, and returned to Wales to consult his colleagues . He then agreed to spend six months of each See also:

• YEAR

year with the king and six months in his own See also:

• LAND

land; but his first stay at the royal court extended to eight months, and it is probable that the See also:

• ANNUAL

annual visit to Wales was curtailed if not altogether, discontinued . It is difficult to See also:

• FIX, THEODORE (180o-1846)

fix the date of Asser's arrival in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, but it was probably about 885 . He assisted the king in his studies, received from him the monasteries of Congresbury and Banwell, and sometime later " See also:

• EXETER
• EXETER, EARL, MARQUESS AND DUKE OF

Exeter and its See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese in Saxonland and See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall." He became bishop of See also:

• SHERBORNE

Sherborne before goo, and his See also:

• DEATH

death is recorded in the Anglo-Saxon See also:

• CHRONICLE (from Gr. Xpovos, time)

Chronicle under the date gro, although it is possible that it occurred a year or two earlier . The scanty details of Asser's life are taken from his See also:

• BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

biography of Alfred, from which it is inferred that he was acquainted with one or two Frankish See also:

• BIOGRAPHIES

biographies, and possibly had visited the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . Asser's See also:

• WORK

work, Annales reruns gestarum Alfredi magni, was written about 893, and consists of a chronicle of English See also:

• HISTORY

history from 849 to 887, and an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of Alfred's life, largely See also:

• DRAWN

drawn from See also:

• PERSONAL

personal knowledge, down to 887 . The only See also:

• MANUSCRIPT

manuscript of which there is any See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record See also:

• DATES

dates from about r000, and was destroyed by See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire in 1731 . From this manuscript an edition was printed in 1574 under the direction of See also:

• MATTHEW, GOSPEL OF ST
• MATTHEW, ST (MaOOaior or MarOaIos, probably a shortened form of the Hebrew equivalent to Theodorus)
• MATTHEW, TOBIAS

Matthew See also:

• PARKER, JOHN HENRY (1806-1884)
• PARKER, JOSEPH (183o-1902)
• PARKER, MARTIN (c. 1600-c. 1656)
• PARKER, MATTHEW (1504-1575)
• PARKER, SAMUEL (164o-1688)
• PARKER, SIR GILBERT (1862— )
• PARKER, SIR HYDE, BART
• PARKER, THEODORE (1810-186o)

Parker, See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch-bishop of See also:

• CANTERBURY
• CANTERBURY, CHARLES

Canterbury; but this contained many interpolations and alterations which were copied by subsequent editors. the See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text has since been the subject of careful study, and the edition edited by W . H . See also:

• STEVENSON, ADLA1 EWING (1835- )
• STEVENSON, ROBERT (1772-1850)
• STEVENSON, ROBERT LEWIS BALFOUR (1850-1894)

Stevenson (See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, 1904) distinguishes between the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original work of Asser and the later additions .

Some doubt has been See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast upon the authenticity of the work, especially by T . See also:

• WRIGHT, CARROLL DAVIDSON (1840-1909)
• WRIGHT, CHAUNCEY (1830-1875)
• WRIGHT, JOSEPH (1734-1797)
• WRIGHT, SILAS (1795-1847)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1809–1884)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810—1877)
• WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (1836– )

Wright in the Biographia Britannica literaria (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1842), who ascribes the life to a monk of St Neots; but the latest scholarship regards it as the work of Asser, although all the difficulties which surround the authorship have not been removed . The life was largely used by subsequent chroniclers, among others by See also:

• FLORENCE
• FLORENCE (Ital. Firenze, Lat. Florentia)

Florence of See also:

• WORCESTER
• WORCESTER, EARLS AND MARQUESSES OF
• WORCESTER, JOHN TIPTOFT, EARL OF (1427—1470)
• WORCESTER, WILLIAM (c. 1415-c. 1482)

Worcester, See also:

• SIMEON
• SIMEON (or SYMEON) OF DURHAM (d. after 1129)
• SIMEON, JOSEPH JEROME, COMTE (1749–1842)

Simeon of See also:

• DURHAM
• DURHAM, JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 1ST EARL OF (1792–1840)

Durham, See also:

• ROGER (d. 1139)
• ROGER (d. 1181)

Roger of Hoveden, and See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William of See also:

• MALMESBURY
• MALMESBURY, JAMES HARRIS, IST EARL OF (1746-1820)
• MALMESBURY, JAMES HOWARD HARRIS, 3RD EARL OF (1807-1889)

Malmesbury . See W . H . Stevenson, Introduction to Asser's Life of King Alfred (Oxford, 1904) ; R . See also:

• PAULI, REINHOLD (1823-1882)

Pauli, Introduction toKonigAelfred (See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin,1851) .