Chapter II: Preface: vii

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS x

KEY TO NAMES ON MAP xii

INTRODUCTORY 1

LECTURE I. The Sources 5

LECTURE II. The Sources (_continued_) 31

LECTURE III. The Life of Alfred prior to his Accession to
the Throne 69

LECTURE IV. Alfred’s Campaigns against the Danes; Civil
Administration 97

LECTURE V. Civil Administration (_continued_); Education;
Literary Works 130

LECTURE VI. Literary Works (_continued_); Summary and
Conclusion 166