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| Tango01 | 18 Jul 2014 9:43 p.m. PST |
Aldfrith of Northumbria. "One popular genre in medieval Irish literature were Wisdom Texts, which would contain precepts telling us what would be good behaviour. These texts date as far back as the seventh-century, with some of them written as advice for kings, while others were aimed for a more general audience. Among the works in the second group is Briathra Flainn Fhina Maic Ossu, which is the Maxims of King Aldfrith of Northumbria. Although they are attributed to Aldfrith, an Anglo-Saxon king who died in 705, the language of this work is from a later period – the eighth or ninth century. It has 261 lines that offer moral advice…"
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