King Alfred
quoted 3 times by 2 works · as a person
also in the atlas: King Alfred the figure
Most often reported — someone's speech given in report. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
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An Essay on the Trial by Jury Lysander Spooner 2 neutral 2 citations
Represents Alfred's own reported account of how he compiled his law code and obtained his Witan's consent.
“Alfred may, in one sense, be called the founder of these laws, (the Saxon,) for until his time they were an unwritten code, but he expressly says, ‘that I, Alfred, collected the good laws of our forefathers into one code, and also I wrote them down’—which is a decisive fact in the history of our laws well worth noting.
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Ancient Law Henry Sumner Maine 1 citation
The passage presents a direct quotation attributed to King Alfred explaining the rule on treason and mercy.
There is a passage in the writings of King Alfred (Kemble, ii.
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