ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Also contained with the manuscript are four poems, one of the most famous being about the Battle of Brunanburh, thought to be one of the finest examples of Anglo-Saxon battle poetry which was later modernised by the famous poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson in 1880.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the great history authored by King Alfred the Great, is published here complete with a scholarly introduction by Reverand James Ingram.

Detailed explanation-3: -Alfred the Great (alt. Ælfred 848/849 – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young.

Detailed explanation-4: -Intro. This national chronicle, or annual record of events, was originally compiled around 890 during the reign of King Alfred the Great.

Detailed explanation-5: -It is for his valiant defence of his kingdom against a stronger enemy, for securing peace with the Vikings and for his farsighted reforms in the reconstruction of Wessex and beyond, that Alfred-alone of all the English kings and queens-is known as ‘the Great’.