: Contents : Contents : Contents : Part I - Foundation : Part I - Foundation : Part I - Foundation : 1 A king must rule a country : 1 A king must rule a country : 1 A king must rule a country : 2 Say what I am called : 2 Say what I am called : 2 Say what I am called : 3 I promise three things : 3 I promise three things : 3 I promise three things : 4 The four season : 4 The four season : 4 The four season : 5 A certain stone : 5 A certain stone : 5 A certain stone : 6 Signs in the monastery : 6 Signs in the monastery : 6 Signs in the monastery : 7 King Cnut's proclamation : 7 King Cnut's proclamation : 7 King Cnut's proclamation : 8 Charters and writs : 8 Charters and writs : 8 Charters and writs : 9 Dedication of a church : 9 Dedication of a church : 9 Dedication of a church : 10 The translation of St Alphege : 10 The translation of St Alphege : 10 The translation of St Alphege : 11 The family dispute in Herefordshire : 11 The family dispute in Herefordshire : 11 The family dispute in Herefordshire : 12 Love and marriage : 12 Love and marriage : 12 Love and marriage : 13 The king's duties : 13 The king's duties : 13 The king's duties : 14 The first English fiction : 14 The first English fiction : 14 The first English fiction : Part II - History : Part II - History : Part II - History : 15 The Alfred jewel : 15 The Alfred jewel : 15 The Alfred jewel : 16 Alfred and Guthrum : 16 Alfred and Guthrum : 16 Alfred and Guthrum : 17 The Fonthill cattle raid : 17 The Fonthill cattle raid : 17 The Fonthill cattle raid : 18 The legend of the Anchorite : 18 The legend of the Anchorite : 18 The legend of the Anchorite : 19 Three charters from the reign of Edgar : 19 Three charters from the reign of Edgar : 19 Three charters from the reign of Edgar : 20 Bishop Æthelwold of Winchester : 20 Bishop Æthelwold of Winchester : 20 Bishop Æthelwold of Winchester : 21 Abbot Ælfric : 21 Abbot Ælfric : 21 Abbot Ælfric : 22 Byrhtferth and Wulfstan : 22 Byrhtferth and Wulfstan : 22 Byrhtferth and Wulfstan : Part III - Poetry : Part III - Poetry : Part III - Poetry : 23 Runes : 23 Runes : 23 Runes : 24 The Wanderer : 24 The Wanderer : 24 The Wanderer : 25 The Seafarer : 25 The Seafarer : 25 The Seafarer : 26 The Beowulf manuscript : 26 The Beowulf manuscript : 26 The Beowulf manuscript : 27 Beowulf : 27 Beowulf : 27 Beowulf : 28 Beowulf and archaeology : 28 Beowulf and archaeology : 28 Beowulf and archaeology.