ASSER

The nation of the West-Saxons do not allow a queen to sit beside the king, nor to be called a queen, but only the king's wife …. all the nobles of that land swore together, that they would never let any king reign over them, who should attempt to place a queen on the throne by his side.

His desire for wisdom, more than anything else, together with the nobility of his birth, characterized the nature of his noble mind.

The second part of all his revenues, which came yearly into his possession, and was included in the receipts of the exchequer, as we mentioned a little before, he, with ready devotion, gave to God, ordering his ministers to divide it carefully into four parts, on the condition that the first part should be discreetly bestowed on the poor

Ethelwerd the youngest … was consigned to the schools of learning, where, with the children of almost all the nobility of the country, and many also who were not noble, he prospered under the diligent care of his teachers. Books in both languages, namely, Latin and Saxon, were both read in the school. They also learned to write; so that before they were of an age to practice manly arts, namely, hunting and such pursuits as befit noblemen, they became studious and clever in the liberal arts.

His desire for wisdom, more than anything else, together with the nobility of his birth, characterized the nature of his noble mind.

The second part of all his revenues, which came yearly into his possession, and was included in the receipts of the exchequer, as we mentioned a little before, he, with ready devotion, gave to God, ordering his ministers to divide it carefully into four parts, on the condition that the first part should be discreetly bestowed on the poor

Ethelwerd the youngest … was consigned to the schools of learning, where, with the children of almost all the nobility of the country, and many also who were not noble, he prospered under the diligent care of his teachers. Books in both languages, namely, Latin and Saxon, were both read in the school. They also learned to write; so that before they were of an age to practice manly arts, namely, hunting and such pursuits as befit noblemen, they became studious and clever in the liberal arts.

The nation of the West-Saxons do not allow a queen to sit beside the king, nor to be called a queen, but only the king's wife …. all the nobles of that land swore together, that they would never let any king reign over them, who should attempt to place a queen on the throne by his side.