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This book examines the 'fall of the angels' tradition in early medieval sermons, saints' lives, legal documents and Old English biblical poetry. It argues that Anglo-Saxon authors adapted apocryphal and patristic accounts in ways that allowed them to express their ideas concerning ecclesiastical and secular power.

Anglo-Saxon England. --- Benedictine reform. --- Biblical poetry. --- Fall of the angels. --- Junius manuscript. --- King Alfred. --- Land charters. --- Old English. --- Rogationtide. --- Sermons.

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During the last two decades, numerous studies have been devoted to the Victorian fascination with King Arthur, however . the figure of King Alfred has received almost no attention. For much of the nineteenth century, Alfred was as important as Arthur in the British popular imagination. A pervasive cult of the king developed which included the erection of at least four public statues, the completion of more than twenty-five paintings, and the publication of over a hundred texts, by authors ranging from Wordsworth to minor women writers. By 1852, J.A. Froude could describe Alfred's life as 'the favourite story in English nurseries'; in 1901, a national holiday marked the thousandth anniversary of his death, organised by a committee including Edward Burne Jones, Arthur Conan Doyle and Thomas Hughes. England's darling sets out to answer the questions that must arise in the face of such nineteenth-century enthusiasm for a long-dead king. It addresses a genuine gap in the literature on Victorian medievalism in particular and cultural history in general and argues that knowledge of the cult of Alfred is crucial to understanding the Victorian cultural map. The book examines the ways in which Alfred was rewritten by nineteenth-century authors and artists, and asks how beliefs about the Saxon king's reign and achievements related to nineteenth-century ideals about leadership, law, religion, commerce, education and the Empire. The book concludes by addressing the most interesting enigma in Alfred's reception history: why is the king no longer 'England's darling'? A fascinating study that will be enjoyed by scholars of history, cultural history, literature and art history.

English literature --- Popular culture --- Medievalism --- Culture, Popular --- Mass culture --- Pop culture --- Popular arts --- Communication --- Intellectual life --- Mass society --- Recreation --- Culture --- British literature --- Inklings (Group of writers) --- Nonsense Club (Group of writers) --- Order of the Fancy (Group of writers) --- Themes, motives. --- History --- Alfred, --- Aelfred, --- Alfred the Great, --- In literature. --- Influence. --- Arthur. --- King Alfred. --- Saxon king. --- Victorian authors. --- cultural change. --- cultural movements. --- domestic narratives. --- law-code. --- national progress. --- navy. --- nineteenth-century British politics. --- nineteenth-century medievalism. --- ninth-century Wessex.

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Crucial texts from ninth- and tenth-century Wales analysed to show their key role in identify formation.

Ethnic groups --- History --- Wales --- Ethnic identities --- Ethnic nations (Ethnic groups) --- Groups, Ethnic --- Kindred groups (Ethnic groups) --- Nationalities (Ethnic groups) --- Peoples (Ethnic groups) --- Ethnology --- Ethnicity --- Ethnic groups in literature. --- Ethnicity in literature. --- Ethnic identity --- Group identity --- Cultural fusion --- Multiculturalism --- Cultural pluralism --- To 1063 --- Armes Prydein Vawr. --- Asser’s Life of King Alfred. --- Celtic studies. --- Early Medieval Wales. --- Historia Brittonum. --- Medieval Latin texts. --- Medieval Welsh Language and Literature. --- Medieval Welsh Poetry. --- Medieval Welsh Politics. --- Medieval historical writing. --- Medieval history. --- Religion and the Church. --- Wales and the Welsh. --- national identity. --- nations and nationalism. --- origin legends. --- the Brittonic-speaking peoples. --- the ‘Old North’.