Bishop Asser of Sherborne

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Bishop
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Benedictine_monasticism
gptkb:Wessex
gptkb:Church_of_England
gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_England
Cultural heritage
King Alfred the Great
Historical texts
Historical documentation
Historical narratives
Religious leadership
Alfredian court
Literary_works
Anglo-Saxon_culture
Alfredian_Renaissance
gptkbp:birthYear c. 805
gptkbp:contemporary gptkb:Alfred_the_Great
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle
gptkbp:culturalImpact Literature
gptkbp:deathYear c. 908
gptkbp:education Monastic_education
gptkbp:historicalPeriod Early Medieval England
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Advisor to the King
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Bishop Asser of Sherborne
gptkbp:influence Cultural preservation
Religious education
Cultural identity
Religious reform
Historical documentation
Political thought
Cultural revival
Historical scholarship
Anglo-Saxon_history
Monastic_reform
Literacy_in_England
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Alfred_the_Great
gptkbp:knownFor Scholarship
Advocacy for education
Historical analysis
Political advisor
Religious writings
Promotion of education
Advocacy for literacy
Promotion of learning
Chronicle writing
Promotion of scholarship
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:legacy Influence_on_English_history
gptkbp:notableFor Writing the Life of King Alfred
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Wales
gptkbp:placeOfDeath Sherborne
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Bishop_of_Sherborne
gptkbp:predecessor Bishop Eadulf
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Christianity
gptkbp:role Historian
Theologian
Cleric
gptkbp:successor Bishop Æthelwold
gptkbp:title Bishop
gptkbp:wrote Vita_Alfredi