Jeremy Hexham
Jeremy Hexham is a professor in the Communication Studies department at the University of Calgary.
Bio last updated April 30th, 2018.
Articles by Jeremy Hexham
A new Angle on Alfred
By Jeremy Hexham
June 1, 2014
Jeremy Hexham argues for the greatness of the English king
From this it seems clear that without Alfred's programs of education and translation, Norman French would have replaced Old English to become the language of England Today, however, most people get their limited knowledge of history from programs aired on the History Channel or from novels such as those of the best-selling British-American author Bernard Cornwell Today, few people, even in Britain, know of Alfred, whom older history books call "Alfred the Great After initially attempting to use Old English in government documents, the Normans abandoned the language for the more familiar Latin largely as a result of Anglo-Saxon resistance to Norman rule