GC2WH9T QBS #20 - Alfred's Legacy (Traditional Cache) in Southern England, United Kingdom created by Stompy

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20th in The Quest for The Blowing Stone series.
More info at the Bonus Cache page QBS #23 - Final - Quest for the Blowing Stone

Alfred also did his bit on the cultural front. He established schools and encouraged the dissemination of knowledge. He is said to have personally translated several books from Latin into the Anglo-Saxon tongue. An untraceable myth has it that he established the first university at Oxford. He promoted learning and literature, inviting scholars from neighbouring nations and Europe to his court and he encouraged his subjects to learn to read English.