The King's English: Strategies of Translation in the Old English Boethius

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Nicole Guenther Discenza, "The King's English: Strategies of Translation in the Old English Boethius"
St.te U-ty of N.w York Press | 2006 | ISBN: 0791464482 | 232 pages | PDF | 1,7 MB

Shows how Alfred the Great's translations of Latin works exposed Anglo-Saxon elites to classical learning and Christian thought while bringing prestige to the king and his West Saxon dialect.

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