"I desired to live worthily as long as I lived, and to leave after my life, to the men who should come after me, the memory of me in good works"-Author's note in Alfred's translation of Boethius's On The Consolation of Philosophy Alfred (or "Aelfred) is the only king of England ever to be given … Continue reading Alfred the Great (871-899)
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Anglo-Saxon England, Part I
After the decline and fall of the Roman Empire, first spurred by the Visigothic sack of Rome in AD 410 followed by the collapse of the western Empire in AD 476, a cloud of darkness overcame the island of Britain. Very little writing or culture emerged as the world of the Britons became immersed in … Continue reading Anglo-Saxon England, Part I
