Alfred's Mother presents him with a volume of poetry
According to the writings of Asser (a Welsh monk from St David's, Dyfed, who became Bishop of Sherborne in the 890s), the young Alfred (later King Alfred the Great 849-899 AD) won a prize of a volume of poetry in English, offered by his mother to the first of her children able to memorise it
Picture No
10825811
Media ID
48261925
Size
4545px x 3028px
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Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/Tom Gillmor
Source
Illustration by George Morrow in A Nursery History of England by Elizabeth O'Neill
Date
circa 855
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