Asser
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title:
Asser
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Asser was a Welsh monk from St David's, Dyfed, who became Bishop of Sherborne in the 890s. About 885 he was asked by Alfred the Great to leave St David's and join the circle of learned men whom Alfred was recruiting for his court. After spending a year at Caerwent because of illness, Asser accepted. In 893, Asser wrote a biography of Alfred, called the Life of King Alfred. The manuscript survived to modern times in only one copy, which was part of the Cotton library. That copy was destroyed in a
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9th-century Bishop of Sherborne, writer, and monk
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asser
date created:
2002-09-27T21:32:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T01:19:33Z
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