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The Literary Contributions Of King Alfred The Great
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Our understanding of the literary achievements of King Alfred
depend very much upon what we believe about his early education. If we are
content to accept the stories of Asser, the famous biographer of Alfred,
that he reached his twelfth birthday before he learned to read (Keynes 75),
then we mus ....
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....rom abroad" (Collins 329, Smyth 249-250). But
his efforts were far from being imprisoned within his own island. He sent
shipmasters to the seas and coasts of the continent and surrounding islands
in search of dialogue with others.
It was with the Franks, from central Europe (present day Germany,
France, and surrounding countries), that his dealings were closest, and it
was from them that he invited scholars to aid him in his work of education.
A scholar named Grimbald came from St. Omer to pr.... |
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