Learnings: Old English Literature

Alfred wanted to be remembered as a good Christian king. He was bothered by his people's ignorance of the , and felt that their poor was to blame. To solve this, he pushed to have Latin classics translated into . This gave rise to the birth of .
Alfred believed strongly in literacy; he wanted all young aristocrats to learn to read and write. This wasn't only for religious purposes; being able to write and understand messages in Old English could have been useful for war and diplomacy. Old English also became a literary language for sagas and such as , pictured here.
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