England (2)



Before his death, King Alfred personally translated the following into the Wessex vernacular: Pastor Care by Gregory the Great; The Consolation of Philosophy, by Boethius; the Soliliques of Augustine; and the first fifty psalms of the Bible. These works were then copied and distributed as widely as possible throughout the schools and churches of Wessex to provide reading material for the newly literate nation.The Life of Alfred the Great, 189


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