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Asser Stilleven Met Portret
Asser (; ; died 909) was a Welsh monk from St David's, Dyfed, who became Bishop of Sherborne in the 890s. About 885 he was asked by Alfred the Great to leave St David's and join the circle of learned men whom Alfred was recruiting for his court. After spending a year at Caerwent because of illness, Asser accepted. In 893, Asser wrote a biography of Alfred, called the ''Life of King Alfred''. The manuscript survived to modern times in only one copy, which was part of the Cotton library. That copy was destroyed in a fire in 1731, but transcriptions that had been made earlier, together with material from Asser's work which was included by other early writers, have made it possible to reconstruct the work. The biography is the main source of information about Alfred's life and provides far more information about Alfred than is known about any other early English ruler. Asser assisted Alfred in his translation of Gregory the Great's ''Pastoral Care'', and possibly with other works ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Salisbury
The Diocese of Salisbury is a Church of England diocese in the south of England, within the ecclesiastical Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers the historic county of Dorset (which excludes the deaneries of Bournemouth and Christchurch, which fall within the Diocese of Winchester as they were historically in Hampshire), most of Wiltshire (excepting an area in the north and Swindon), and the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey. The diocese is led by Stephen Lake, Bishop of Salisbury, and by the diocesan synod. The bishop's seat is at Salisbury Cathedral. History Catholic The Diocese of Sherborne (founded ) was the origin of the present diocese; St Aldhelm was its first Bishop of Sherborne. The Diocese of Ramsbury was created from the northwestern territory of the Bishop of Winchester in 909. Herman of Wilton was appointed bishop of Ramsbury, covering Wiltshire and Berkshire, by Edward the Confessor in 1045. In or after 1059 he was also appointed S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asher
Asher ( ''’Āšēr''), in the Book of Genesis, was the younger of the two sons of Jacob and Zilpah, and Jacob's eighth son overall. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Asher. Name The text of the Torah states that the name אָשֵׁר ''Asher'' means "happy" or "blessing", implying a derivation from the Hebrew term ''osher'' in two variations: ''beoshri'' (meaning ''in my good fortune''), and ''ishsheruni''. The Bible states that at his birth, Leah exclaimed, "Happy am I! for the daughters will call me happy: so she called his name Asher", meaning "happy" (Genesis 30:13). Indeed, the name אָשֵׁר ''Asher'' is a typical Semitic name, deriving from the Hebrew root ''ʔ-š-r'' "to be happy" and the stative nominal stem. Biblical narrative Asher and his four sons and daughter settled in Canaan. On his deathbed, Jacob blessed Asher by saying that "his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties" (Gen. 49:20). Moses said of Asher: "May Asher be bles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Dean, West Sussex
West Dean is a village, Anglican parish and civil parish in the Chichester (district), District of Chichester in West Sussex, England north of Chichester on the A286 road just west of Singleton, West Sussex, Singleton. The parishes include the hamlet (place), hamlets of Binderton and Chilgrove. The civil parish has a land area of . The 2001 Census recorded 425 people living in 177 households, of whom 248 were economically active. The village is on the Monarch's Way long-distance footpath. West Dean is in the River Lavant, West Sussex, Lavant Valley in the South Downs and has a Church of England parish church and one public house, ''The Selsey Arms''. The church and most of the houses are built of flint, in most cases with brick Quoin (architecture), quoins and window dressings. History West Dean The Manor of West Dean was in the ancient Hundred (county division), hundred of Singleton, West Sussex, Singleton, but was not mentioned by name in the Domesday Book of 1086. West D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Dean, West Sussex
East Dean is a village and civil parish in the Chichester (district), District of Chichester in West Sussex, England. The village is in a valley in the South Downs, north-northeast of Chichester on a narrow road between Singleton, West Sussex, Singleton on the A286 and Upwaltham on the A285 road. The village pond is considered to be the source of the River Lavant, West Sussex, River Lavant. The civil parish is about long north – south and about wide east – west and has a land area of . The 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 census recorded the parish population as 206, living in 112 households. 101 residents were recorded as economically active. The village has a Church of England parish church and an Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches, FIEC free church. East Dene has a village hall and a pub, The Star and Garter. The parish church, pub and most of the houses are built of flint. The pub and many of the houses have brick quoin (architecture), quoins and window ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
