Page 11 - Alfred the Great And His Legacy

Alfred’s Own Writings

• Alfred is likely the author of a code of law, which reflects his belief that

having a fair legal structure was so important that he would undertake that

task personally.

• He himself translated several important Latin texts into Anglo-Saxon

English. His choices were revealing.

• He also wrote about his own private trials, interpreting his illness (Krohn’s)

as a burden sent by God to test him & linking the savage attacks of his illness

to the relentless attacks of the enemy, the Vikings.