...Asser, had been shown to Alfred's education in his infancy. We know that his father King Ethelwolf was an accomplished scholar, that he had been an ecclesiastic...twice carried to Rome before he was six years of age : — is it probable that under such circumstances the royal youth would be left to pick up his first...

...Asser, had been shown to Alfred's education in his infancy. We know that his father King Ethelwolf was an accomplished scholar, that he had been an ecclesiastic...was twice carried to Rome before he was six years of age:—is it probable that under such circumstances the royal youth would be left to pick up his first...

...that his father, King Ethelwolf, was an accomplished scholar; that he had heen an ecclesiastic hefore he came to the throne ; that his friends and advisers...of the clergy and of the Church ; that Alfred (his favorite child) was twice carried to Rome before he was six years of age : — is it probable that...

...he came to the throne ; tlat Lis friends and advisers were ecclesiastics, such ms Swithun and A>tan, the former of whom at least was a scholar; that he...patron of the clergy and of the Church; that Alfred (Lis favorite child) was twice carried to Rome before he was six years of age : — is it probable...

...a scholar ; that he was a great patron of the clergy and of the Church ; that Alfred (his favorite child) was twice carried to Rome before he was six years of age : — is it probable that 'under such circumstances the royal youth would be left to pick up his first...

...Asser, had been shown to Alfred's education in his infancy. We know that his father king Ethelwolf was an accomplished scholar, that he had been an ecclesiastic...scholar, that he was a great patron of the clergy * I do not think that there is any substantial reason for attributing a part of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle...