ALFRED THE GREAT
SAMPLE OF LATIN
PERSONAL BACKGROUND
• Also spelled AELFRED
• Born on 849 and died on 899(50
years Old)
• Called as KING OF WESSEX(871-
899)
TEXTS/WORKS
TRANSLATED INTO
CONTRIBUTION TO THE ENGLISH
DEVELOPMENT OF ENGLISH • The Ecclesiastical History Of
LANGUAGE AND OTHER The English People
SIGNIFICANT WORKS • Seven Books Of Histories
• Prevented England from falling to the Against Pagans
Danes and Promoted learning and
literacy • Pastoral Care of St. Gregory I
• Compilation of the Anglo Saxon • Soliloquies of the 5th Century
Chronicle began his Reign Theologian
• Considered Learning and literacy to • St. Augustine of Hippo
be Crucial for the Acquisition of
Wisdom and therefore necessary for
• The Anglo Saxon Chronicle
men to live accordance with God’s
Will
• Learned Latin Himself and Insisted
that Freedmen of Adequate means
learn to read English and he himself
Translated Latin texts into Vernacular.
• Give emphasis to Educational System
and Prominence to English Language