Reid Johnson’s Reviews > Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources > Status Update

Puts how much effort Alfred and his scholars redeveloped education and learning into perspective. I had never thought about how hard an endeavor it would be to basically rebuild (in many instances establish) an education system so people would learn and become knowledgeable, let alone read and write.

Also, “all quiet on the West Saxon front” was funny (43).