He gathered scholars from around England and elsewhere in Europe to his court, and with their help translated a range of Latin texts into English, doing much of the work personally, and orchestrated the composition of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
Ta kogus oma õukonda õpetlasi kogu Inglismaalt ja mujalt Euroopast, ja nende abiga tõlkis hulga ladinakeelseid tekste inglise keelde, tehes enamuse tööd ise, ja juhatas "Anglosaksi kroonika" koostamist.