ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -It is also difficult to fix the date of composition, but it is generally thought that the chronicles were composed during the reign of Alfred the Great (871–99), as Alfred deliberately tried to revive learning and culture during his reign, and encouraged the use of English as a written language.

Detailed explanation-2: -He is the only English monarch to be called “the Great.” He defeated the Vikings and united the Anglo-Saxons, leaving his son and grandsons to rule over a united England. Alfred wrote the first substantial English law codes. He brought scholars to his court and translated a number of important books into Old English.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a compilation of annals telling the history of the Wessex dynasty revealing the trials and tribulations of kingship, the development of Christianity, Anglo-Saxon culture and so much more.

Detailed explanation-4: -Alfred, also spelled Aelfred, byname Alfred the Great, (born 849-died 899), king of Wessex (871–899), a Saxon kingdom in southwestern England. He prevented England from falling to the Danes and promoted learning and literacy. Compilation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle began during his reign, circa 890.

Detailed explanation-5: -The narrative was first assembled in the reign of King Alfred (871–899) from materials that included some epitome of universal history: the Venerable Bede’s Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, genealogies, regnal and episcopal lists, a few northern annals, and probably some sets of earlier West Saxon annals.