Boethius, his treatment by Theodoric, 178-9;
his Christianity superficial, 180;
his De Consolatione Philosophiae, 8, 177-80;
Alfred’s translation of, 8, 10, 135, 177, 180-5;
its relation to the Orosius translation, 159;
to the Soliloquies, 194-5;
wrongly assigned to Werferth, 185 _n._;
mentioned by Ethelwerd, 185;
question as to Alfred’s authorship of the verse translation of the
Metra in, 185-91, 194 _n._
Boniface, St., the apostle of Germany, 137.
Boulogne, dép. Pas-de-Calais, Danes embark at, 112.
Brecheiniog, South Welsh kingdom, nearly identical with Brecknockshire;
kings of, _see_ Helised, Teudyr.
Bridgenorth, Shropshire, Danes winter at, 118.
Bristol Channel, not a barrier between the Welsh and Cornishmen, 19;
ravaged by Danes, 103.
Britannia, ambiguous use of term by Asser, 36, 37.
Brixton Deverill, Wilts., Alfred musters his forces at, 102.
Brochmail, son of Mouric, joint king of Gwent, submits to Alfred, 42, 44.
Burgred, king of the Mercians, grants land to Cered, 13;
Æthelwulf reduces Wales under, 37, 85, 88;
brother-in-law of Alfred, 53, 88;
asks help of Æthelred and Alfred, 88;
expelled by Danes, 53, 100;
dies at Rome, 98 _n._, 100, cf. 199;
reason for his failure to help Wessex, 99;
imposes taxes to buy off the Danes, 100.
Burgs, construction of, by Alfred, 110, 111.
Burgundy, king of, _see_ Carloman;
count of Upper, _see_ Rudolf.
Buttington, Montgomery, Danes blockaded at, 116.
Cambridge, Danes winter at, 100.
Camden, William, his connexion with the Oxford interpolation in Asser,
24.
Canterbury, archbishops of, _see_ Ælfheah, Æthelred, Augustine, Dunstan,
Parker, Matthew, Plegmund.
Canute, king of England, called ‘king of Germania,’ 41;
reconciled with the English at Oxford, 67;
one of the creators of England’s greatness, 200 _n._
Carl, _see_ Carloman.
Carloman, king of Aquitaine and Burgundy, name correct in Asser, 17;
called ‘Carl’ in Chron., 17;
called ‘king of the Western Franks’ in Asser, 40, 41.
Ceolwulf, king of the Mercians, set up by the Danes, 66, 88, 100;
exactions of, 66;
stripped of part of Mercia, 102.
Cered, receives land from Burgred of Mercia, 13;
Werthryth, widow of, 13;
Cuthwulf, kinsman of, 13.
Charles the Great, Emperor, Eadburh offends, 17;
Liutgarde, wife of, 17 _n._;
Pippin and Charles, sons of, 17;
his fondness for ancient poetry, 38 _n._;
begins a Frankish grammar, 38 _n._;
called ‘king of the Franks’ by Asser, 40;
crowns Louis the Pious, 80 _n._;
divides his dominions, 85;
Frisians serve in navy of, 120 _n._;
his administration of justice, 125;
his legislation, 126 _n._;
his liberality to foreign Christians, 129 _n._;
king of Persia sends a clock to, 131 _n._;
relations of, with Irish princes, 131 _n._;
Pippin, father of, 131;
founds a hospice and library at Jerusalem, 133;
Court school of, 135;
his intercourse with strangers, 160;
his fondness for the De Ciuitate Dei, 191-2;
comparison of, with Alfred, 200-1;
Einhard’s life of, _see_ Einhard.