Alfred's Boethius

Alfred the Great oversaw a tremendous program of literary renewal and revival in Anglo-Saxon England. He also did quite a bit of translation himself, including St. Gregor the Great's pastoral care. And then he also translated the Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy. A lot of people say that Alfred was like, because he's this Christian, and he's anti-paganism, all this thing,. But he actually removes all of the pagan remarks, and all the pagan references and things like that"

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