Alfred the Great
Dublin Core
Title
Alfred the Great
Subject
Alfred of Wessex, Alfred the Great, Anglo-Saxon, England, Archdeacon Gunther, New South Wales, NSW, St. John’s Church, Sydney, The Sydney Morning Herald, Viking, Wessex
Description
An article on page 10 of The Sydney Morning Herald on September 25, 1901. The article reports on a sermon by Archdeacon Gunther in St. John’s Church in which he mentioned that it was the thousandth anniversary of Alfred the Great, king of Wessex (primarily England south of the Thames), ‘the greatest and best of English kings’. Particular mention was made of the glories of his reign, and his morality and learning. Although the main primary source, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, records Alfred’s death in the annal for 901, the texts date had gone awry and it is now thought that he died in 899. Alfred is renowned for defeating Viking invaders and promoting learning at his court, including the translation of many Latin works into (Old) English.
The article can be found at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14411811Creator
Anon.
Source
National Library of Australia
Publisher
The Sydney Morning Herald
Date
25 September 1901
Rights
No copyright
Format
Newspaper Article; PDF
Language
English
Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Newspaper Article; PDF
Collection
Citation
“Alfred the Great,” Medievalism in Australian Cultural Memory, accessed September 26, 2021, https://ausmed.arts.uwa.edu.au/items/show/552.