The King's English

The King's EnglishShows how Alfred the Great's translations of Latin works exposed Anglo Saxon elites to classical learning and Christian thought while bringing prestige to the king and his West Saxon dialect. In the late ninth century, while England was fighting off Viking incursions, Alfred the Great devoted time and resources not only to military campaigns but also to a campaign of translation and education unprecedented in early medieval Europe. The King's English

updating and reprinting the classic 1910 Panorama of the Hudson

Leading scholars in the fields of history

the fall of the Han dynasty allowed new currents in aesthetics

This book reproduces many of his most provocative columns with accompanying commentary and full references

including desire and neo-colonial violence in film

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use and interpretation of asteroseismic results

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