The ship would not have looked all that different from a Viking longship, though being somewhat broader and lacking the elongated bow and stern of those vessels. This being the case, the ship carrying the four year-old Alfred would have been a trading vessel. Apart from a few clerics and wealthy pilgrims such as Alfred, most voyages were conducted by traders. Long-distance travel was rare in this period and overseas travel even more so. And it is important to note that there were no cross-Channel ferries in the ninth century. Rowing is more practical when your main cargo is people, less so when you are carrying goods to trade. By the ninth century, however, their descendants would have been thoroughly familiar with sailing vessels. The fifth-century Germanic warriors his father Æthelwulf claimed descent from almost certainly rowed to Britain, in ships without sails. Unfortunately, the Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis is a rather fantastical tale, describing a very different sort of voyage in a very different sort of boat (a curragh/coracle) from that which the young Alfred would have travelled on. 900, from Ireland, all about a sea voyage. There are plenty of mentions of people going to and from the Continent, but little as to the specifics of being on a boat. The current rotation is:Īs you might imagine, our sources for maritime travel from Britain to the Continent are not particularly detailed. Previous AMAs | Previous Roundtables Featuresįeature posts are posted weekly. May 25th | Panel AMA with /r/AskBibleScholars Please Subscribe to our Google Calendar for Upcoming AMAs and Events To nominate someone else as a Quality Contributor, message the mods. Our flaired users have detailed knowledge of their historical specialty and a proven record of excellent contributions to /r/AskHistorians. Please Read and Understand the Rules Before Contributing. Report Comments That Break Reddiquette or the Subreddit Rules. Serious On-Topic Comments Only: No Jokes, Anecdotes, Clutter, or other Digressions. Provide Primary and Secondary Sources If Asked. Write Original, In-Depth and Comprehensive Answers, Using Good Historical Practices. Questions should be clear and specific in what they ask, and should be able to get detailed answers from historians whose expertise is likely to be in particular times and places. Nothing Less Than 20 Years Old, and Don't Soapbox. Be Nice: No Racism, Bigotry, or Offensive Behavior. Downvote and Report comments that are unhelpful or grossly off-topic.Upvote informative, well sourced answers.450-1100.New to /r/AskHistorians? Please read our subreddit rules and FAQ before posting! Apply for Flair Genre headingĮnglish literature Old English, ca. Latin language, Medieval and modern- Readers- Early works to 1800. Subject headings Latin language, Medieval and modern- Study and teaching- Early works to 1800. Latin text with interlinear Old and modern English translation. Wooden slipcase by Mario Messina"-Colophon.īound long-stitch and issued in a wooden slipcase. Bound in Gray Flax Canal from Papeterie Saint-Armand with endpapers of Barcham Green Renaissance III. Printed at the Janus Press by Andrew Miller-Brown from Boxcar Press polymer plates on Barcham Green Sandwich. "This book was set in Palatino and Gill Sans. Originally written in Latin, and later glossed in Old English, it is also a rich source of information on daily life in Aelfric's time. " Colloquy is often used today to introduce the study of Old English just as it was used a thousand years ago to introduce conversational Latin to young boys training for monastic life. (Walter Ralph), 1933- Garmonsway, George Norman. Johnson with the original Latin and Old English gloss as edited by G.N. Ælfric's Colloquy, in a modern English translation / by W.R. Request This Author Aelfric, Abbot of Eynsham.
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