Ælfheah, bishop of Winchester, and archbishop of Canterbury, St. Neot
said to have been a friend of (!), 56.
Ælfric, the homilist, not the author of the Anglo-Saxon life of St.
Neot, 55, 56 _n._;
his views on the state of English learning, 82 _n._;
cites the Anglo-Saxon Bede as Alfred’s, but not the Dialogues, 167.
Æthelbald, king of the Mercians, 14.
Æthelbald, king of the West Saxons, 39 _n._;
matter relating to, in Asser, 14;
alleged rebellion of, 16, 76 _n._, 78, 79, 91;
alleged incestuous marriage of, 17, 52, 76 _n._, 80, 87;
governs Wessex in his father’s absence, 75, 79;
obscurity of his reign, 86, 87;
his death, 86;
his share of his father’s property, 90, 91.
Æthelberht, king of Kent, father of Eadbald, 80.
Æthelberht, king of the West Saxons, 39 _n._;
made under-king of Kent, 73-5, 79, 86;
retains Kent on his succession to Wessex, 86;
his struggle against the Danes, 79, 87;
his death, 88;
Alfred’s succession possibly arranged under, 89 _n._;
his share in his father’s property, 90, 91.
Æthelflæd, lady of the Mercians, daughter of Alfred, and wife of
Æthelred of Mercia, 35;
translates St. Oswald’s body to Gloucester, 35;
fortifies Worcester, 111;
attends the conference of Chelsea, 111;
military policy of, 111.
Æthelhelm, ealdorman of Wilts., co-operates against the Danes, 116.
Æthelnoth, ealdorman of Somerset, services of, against the Danes, 106,
116;
attacks the Danes at York, 117 _n._
Æthelred, king of the West Saxons, 39 _n._;
matter relating to, in Asser, 14;
his conduct at Ashdown, 16, 93, 94;
Alfred secundarius under, 40, 88-91;
confused with Alfred, and with Aldfrid, 65;
abstains from claiming Kent, 75, 86;
succeeds Æthelberht, 88;
relations of Alfred with, 88;
Burgred asks help of, 88;
marches to Nottingham, 88;
appoints Æthelred to Canterbury, 88 _n._;
his share of his father’s property, 90, 91;
his children, 91;
campaign of, against the Danes, 92-5;
his death, 92, 95;
his character, 95, 96;
interred at Wimborne, 98;
regarded as a martyr, 98 _n._
Æthelred, archbishop of Canterbury, 127;
appointed by Æthelred and Alfred jointly, 88 _n._;
letter of John VIII to, 127;
said to have advised the summoning of Grimbald, 138.
Æthelred, ealdorman of the Mercians, Witenagemóts held by, 13, 14;
husband of Æthelflæd, 35;
translates St. Oswald’s body to Gloucester, 35;
his pressure on the Welsh, 42;
his semi-royal position, 42;
London entrusted to, 109;
fortifies Worcester, 111;
attends the conference of Chelsea, 111;
acts as sponsor to one of Hæsten’s sons, 113;
co-operates with Edward, Æthelnoth, and Æthelhelm against the Danes,
115-6.
Æthelred II, king of the English, Edgar’s reign regarded as a golden age
under, 67.
Æthelweard, son of Alfred, said to have studied at Oxford, 63.
Æthelwold, bishop of Winchester, St. Neot said to have been a friend of
(!), 56.
Æthelwulf, king of the West Saxons, 39 _n._;
Athelstan, king of Kent, probably brother of, 6 _n._;
said to have been in holy orders before his accession, 7;
matter relating to, in Asser, 14;
Burgred of Mercia asks help of, 85, 88;
his second marriage with Judith, 17, 78, 80 _n._;
stays at the Court of Charles the Bald, 17, 76, 78;
has a Frankish secretary, 17, 18;
Lupus of Ferrières corresponds with, 18 _n._, 71 _n._;
his liberality, 18 _n._, 71 _n._;
reduces Wales under Burgred, 37, 85;
has a shrine made for relics of St. Aldhelm, 47;
his will, 86, 90, 91, 126;
St. Neot made son of, 6, 55, 57;
letter of Leo IV to, 70, 72;
his visit to Rome, 74-6, 84, 86;
letter of, to Louis the Pious, 74;
divides his dominions, 75, 86;
restores the Schola Saxonum, 76;
his return to England, 78;
alleged rebellion against, _see_ Æthelbald;
his death, 79, 84;
character of his reign, 85;
compared with Louis the Pious, 79, 80;
did not divorce Osburh, 84;
made under-king of Kent by Egbert, 85;
Ealhswith, daughter of, 88;
naval engagement under, 120.
Æthelwulf, ealdorman of Berkshire, defeats Danes at Englefield, 93;
slain, 93.
Alamanni, Charles the Fat, king of, 41.
Alcuin, letter of, to Offa, 136;
services of, to Frankish education, 137.
Aldfrid, king of the Northumbrians, confused with Æthelred, 65.
Aldhelm, St., bishop of Sherborne, Æthelwulf has a shrine made for the
relics of, 47;
Alfred’s admiration for the Saxon poems of, 141.
Alfred the Great, king of the West Saxons, uncritical statements
relating to, 5-9;
not the inventor of shires, 6, cf. 121;
or of chapter-headings, 7;
not brother of St. Neot, 6, 56, 57;
probably nephew of Athelstan, king of Kent, 6;
historical authorities for reign of, 10-68;
laws of, 121-6;
preface to, 11;
relation of, to Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 11, 146-7, 173;
reticence of Chronicle as to, 11, 12;
panegyrics of Ethelwerd and Florence on, 12, 197-8;
not fully appreciated in his own day, 13;
his reign poor in charters, 13;
and in saints’ lives, 53;
will of, 14, 90-1, 126;
life of, by Asser, _see_ Asser;
skill of, in hunting, 16, 81, 83;
book of prayers, &c., always carried by, 16, 140;
Eadburh, maternal grandmother of, 16;
mysterious illness of, 16, 25-8, 215;
corresponds with Elias III, patriarch of Jerusalem, 16, 33, 34, 132;
educates a young Dane at Athelney, 16;
relates the story of Eadburh, 16;
imports Grimbald and John the Old Saxon from the Continent, 17, 137;
question of grant of Exeter to Asser by, 18-20, 215;
recovers Exeter from the Danes, 19, 101-2;
Asser enters service of, 19, 36-7, 42, 137;
his protection desired for St. Davids, 19, 42;
Welsh princes commend themselves to, 20, 36, 42, 43;
sends to Asser, 21;
born at Wantage, 22, 70;
legends relating to, 24, 56-9, 62-8, 73 _n._;
foreign relations of, 33, 131-5;
his fondness for Saxon poems, 38, 82, 83;
called ‘king of the Anglo-Saxons’ in Asser, 39;
part of Mercia acquired by, 39;
power of, exaggerated by later writers, 39, 129 _n._;
occupation of London by, 39, 40;
his title of ‘secundarius,’ 40, 88-91;
Anaraut of N. Wales submits and becomes godson to, 42;
his interest in craftsmanship, 46, 47, 130-1;
ideal description of Court of, in Asser, 53, 130;
Danes try to seize, at Chippenham, 59, 102, 162;
withdrawal of, to Athelney, 57-9, 102;
confused with Æthelred, 65;
said to have sent alms to Jerusalem, 65;
false pedigree of, 65;
his alleged division of his time and revenues, 65 _n._, 130;
his fame obscured by Edgar, 67, 129;
date of birth of, 69, 70;
taken to Rome in 853, 70;
again in 855, 75, 76;
his confirmation and unction by Leo IV, 71-4, 76;
story of his learning to read, 81-4;
abstains from claiming Kent, 75, 86, 89;
relations of, with Æthelred, 88;
marches to Nottingham, 88;
joins in appointing Æthelred to Canterbury, 88 _n._;
marriage of, 91;
his year of battles, 92-5;
his accession and his task, 95-7;
question of his election, 91 _n._, 97-8;
his unwillingness to assume power, 97;
sends alms and missions to Rome, 12, 99, 134-5;
and India, 99, 134;
success of, against the Danes at London, 99, 100;
against a Danish fleet, 100;
fortifies Athelney, 102;
his successful campaign of Edington, 102-5, cf. 149, 162;
Guthrum submits and becomes godson to, 103;
importance of his victory, 105;
causes of success of, 105-7;
relieves Rochester, 107, 108;
sends a fleet against the East Anglian Danes, 64, 108;
gains possession of London, 108, 109;
the second founder of London, 109;
military reforms of, 110-2, 121;
holds a conference at Chelsea, 111;
exacts oaths from the Northumbrian and East Anglian Danes, 113;
watches and negotiates with the Danes in Kent, 113, cf. 163;
acts as sponsor to one of Hæsten’s sons, 113;
relieves Exeter, 114-5;
restores Hæsten’s wife and sons, 115;
watches, and blockades the Danes on the Lea, 118;
his new ships, 118, 119;
his claim to be the founder of the English navy, 119, 120, cf. 163;
his administration of justice, 124-6;
relations of, to the Witenagemót, 126-7;
to the Church, 127-8;
attempts to revive monasticism, 128-9;
provides for foundation of the New Minster, Winchester, 129;
liberality of, to foreign monasteries, 129;
three ‘Scots’ come to, 131;
educational measures of, 135-40;
writes the Preface to the translation of Gregory’s Dialogues, 142-3;
character of his religious thought, 143-5;
body of scribes maintained by, 146 _n._;
said to have translated part of the Psalter, 147-9;
and the whole of the Bible, 150-1;
other works ascribed to, 151;
his intercourse with strangers, 160;
called ‘England’s darling,’ 161, 210;
his fondness for similes, 182-3;
chronology of his literary works, 137-8, 196;
invests his grandson Athelstan, 196;
death of, 11, 197-8;
buried at Winchester, 198;
lessons of life of, 198-200;
Henry VI applies for canonisation of, 199 _n._;
comparison of, with other sovereigns, 200-2, 210;
no deductions to be made from fame of, 202-3;
his translations valuable as authorities, 10, 11, 155, 164, 174, 181-5;
their educational purpose, 139, 140, 165;
their origin, 140;
the Handbook, 140-1.
_See_ Augustine, Bede, Boethius, Gregory, Orosius.
Alfred Jewel, the, 7, 47.
Aller, Somerset, Guthrum baptised at, 103.
Amazons, organisation of, 110, 163.
Anaraut, son of Rotri Mawr, king of N. Wales, submits to Alfred and
becomes his godson, 42, 71.