Medievalists.net » Dialogi/Dialogues http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Did King Alfred write anything? http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/07/did-king-alfred-write-anything/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/07/did-king-alfred-write-anything/#comments Tue, 07 Jan 2014 22:52:34 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46458 The author investigates the question of whether King Alfred translated Latin texts into English. According to the author, modern scholarship seems to conclude that Alfred did compose the extant translations of a number of texts, although there are questions about Alfred's linguistic and intellectual skills.

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