2 8 Was Alfred truly the King of the English? OCR A Level History: Early Alfred as of the ‘King Medieval England 871–1107, English’. Fellows & Holland, Hodder Alfred the Great, Abels, Longman Alfred the Great, Keynes & Lapidge, Penguin The revival of 2 9 Why did Alfred implement a programme for OCR A Level History: Early Court intellectuals and literacy and learning? Medieval England 871–1107, the programme for learning: the Fellows & Holland, Hodder How did he implement it? learning; the connection Alfredian Alfred the Great, Abels, How important were court intellectuals in the between learning, Renaissance Longman development of the programme? religion and defeat of the Alfred the Great, Keynes & understanding of the connection Alfred’s Vikings; Lapidge, Penguin between learning, religion and defeat of the Vikings Benefits of education Importance to Alfred of God’s help Comparisons to Charlemagne 2 10 Importance of writing and translations OCR A Level History: Early the role of writings and Medieval England 871–1107, Gregory’s Pastoral Rule translations (including Fellows & Holland, Hodder Boethius’s Consolation Philosophy Bede’s Ecclesiastical Alfred the Great, Abels, St Augustine’s Soliloquies History); Book of Psalms Longman Dialogues Keynes & Gregory’s Alfred the Great, the Pagans Orosius’s Histories against Lapidge, Penguin History of the Bede’s Ecclesiastical English People Bald Leechbook Martyrology
2 8 Alfred as ‘King of the English’. Was Alfred truly the King of the English? OCR A Level History: Early Medieval England 871–1107, Fellows & Holland, Hodder Alfred the Great, Abels, Longman Alfred the Great, Keynes & Lapidge, Penguin The revival of literacy and learning: the Alfredian Renaissance 2 9 Court intellectuals and the programme for learning; the connection between learning, religion and defeat of the Vikings; Why did Alfred implement a programme for learning? How did he implement it? How important were court intellectuals in the development of the programme? Alfred’s understanding of the connection between learning, religion and defeat of the Vikings Benefits of education Importance to Alfred of God’s help Comparisons to Charlemagne OCR A Level History: Early Medieval England 871–1107, Fellows & Holland, Hodder Alfred the Great, Abels, Longman Alfred the Great, Keynes & Lapidge, Penguin 2 10 the role of writings and translations (including Bede’s Ecclesiastical History); Importance of writing and translations Gregory’s Pastoral Rule Boethius’s Consolation Philosophy St Augustine’s Soliloquies Book of Psalms Gregory’s Dialogues Orosius’s Histories against the Pagans Bede’s Ecclesiastical History of the English People Bald Leechbook Martyrology OCR A Level History: Early Medieval England 871–1107, Fellows & Holland, Hodder Alfred the Great, Abels, Longman Alfred the Great, Keynes & Lapidge, Penguin
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