Who is Asser from Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred & Other Contemporary Sources and what is their importance? Alfred_the_Great:_Asser's_Life_of_King_Alfred_&_Other_Contemporary_Sources English & Literature Asser | Alfred the Great: Asser's Life of King Alfred & Other Contemporary Sources

Asser (?? - 908/9) was summoned by King Alfred as one of the holy men that was to teach him how to read. He was a monk from Wales and St. David's, Dyfed, specifically. Asser rose to become Bishop of Sherborne in the 890s. Alfred summoned him in 885 to be one of those educated clergy that he was assembling and after a year of illness in Caerwent, Asser agreed.