The Alfredian Project and its Aftermath: Rethinking the Literary History of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries

In Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 162, 2008 Lectures. pp. 93 (2009)
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This lecture presents the text of the speech about the Alfredian project and its aftermath delivered by the author at the 2008 Sir Israel Gollancz Memorial Lecture held at the British Academy. It explains the details of King Alfred's programme of mass education and to deliver near-universal literacy in English, and evaluates the impact of Pastoral Care on English literature.

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