harpesfeld's

Updated: January 16, 2026

Sir John Spelman, relying apparently only on the authority of Nicholas Harpesfeld's Ecclesiastical History of England, puts a speech into Alfred's mouth, which he is supposed to have delivered before the battle of Edington. He tells them that the great sufferings of the land had been yet far short of what their sins had deserved.

- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 05 : (From Charlemagne to Frederick Barbarossa)