LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE AND CULTURE
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Question
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Despite the fact that the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle continued well into the Norman rule of the 12th century, which king originally commissioned this work?
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King Harold
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King Arthur
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William the Conqueror
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Alfred the Great
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -King Alfred the Great is the most famous and celebrated of all Anglo-Saxon kings. His statue stands at the heart of a number of southern English towns – Wantage, where he was born over a thousand years ago; Winchester, where he was buried; Pewsey and Shaftesbury, where he also had strong personal connections.
Detailed explanation-2: -Aethelred died in 871, and Alfred succeeded him.
Detailed explanation-3: -Æthelstan became the first king of all the Anglo-Saxon peoples, and in effect overlord of Britain.
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