Alfred the Great (c. 849-899), King of Wessex, fostered education by translating important texts and is documented by his biographer, Asser.
Alfred the Great (c. 849-899) was King of Wessex who promoted learning through translations of works like Gregory the Great's "Cura Pastoralis." His life is documented in Asser's "De Rebus Gestis Aelfredi Magni."
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| Back | 848-99 king of Wessex 871-99 his translation of Gregory the Great's Cura Pastoralis, a manual of instruction for the clergy to which Alfred added a preface describing the contemporary decline in learning and outlining his intention to make education more reading available a translation of the Historia Adversus Paganos of Plaulus Oroistus a version of Boethius de consolation philosophia translation of Augustine Soliloquy Bede's Historia Ecclesiastical Gentis Anglorum Anglo Saxon chronicle a great deal of information about the king is given in de Rebus Gestis Aelfredi Magni by Asser, a Welsh monk who became his friend and teacher |
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