Question

Who instituted the AngloSaxon Chronicle ?

• A. King Harold II
• B. Alfred the Great
• C. William the Conqueror
• D. Ethelred the Unready

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Alfred the Great

• Alfred the Great, a West Saxon king (871–99) who for a time united all the kingdoms of southern England against a new wave of Germanic invaders, the Vikings, was no less important as a patron of literature than as a warrior.

• He himself translated into Old English various books of Latin prose, supervised translations by other hands, and instituted the AngloSaxon Chronicle, a continuous record, year by year, of important events in England.