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The Anglo-Saxon World

by Kevin Crossley-Holland

This sourcebook introduces the reader to Anglo-Saxon culture through a wide selection of Anglo-Saxon prose and poetry. All are translated into English and edited by Crossley-Holland. Texts include heroic poems, laws, samples from the Chronicle, elegies, Beowulf, religious visions and poems, letters, Lives, riddles, tracts, charms and sermons. Beowulf, The Battle of Maldon and the elgies are among those presented in full. Each section is placed in context by a brief introduction. 275p, 6 col pls, b/w illus (Boydell 1982, rep 1984, new edn 2002)

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