Language & Literature

ISBN: 9780791450093
Published by : State University of New York Press
The enclosure of women, whether literally in monastic establishments or socially by marriage and convention, strongly influenced the female subjects and authors of Old English literature. Horner's interesting study examines the restriction of wome... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780791450109
Published by : State University of New York Press
The enclosure of women, whether literally in monastic establishments or socially by marriage and convention, strongly influenced the female subjects and authors of Old English literature. Horner's interesting study examines the restriction of wome... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781580440134
Published by : Medieval Institute Publications
Eight papers, some of which were presented at the 29th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University in 1994, chart the progress of Old English studies from the earliest work of the mid 16th century through to the heyda... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781580440141
Published by : Medieval Institute Publications
Eight papers, some of which were presented at the 29th International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University in 1994, chart the progress of Old English studies from the earliest work of the mid 16th century through to the heyda... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781580440509
Published by : Medieval Institute Publications
Ten papers which reflect a wide range of research interests into the Old English Hexateuch, an 11th-century manuscript (Claudius Biv) in the British Library which contains one of the earliest extended vernacular translations of the Bible accompani... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780888441348
Published by : Brepols
Series: PIMS STUDIES AND TEXTS
Volume: 134
The legend of Saint Barbara is preserved in two 15th-century manuscripts which are presented here on facing pages followed by an English translation. In addition, Wolf presents the Latin source text Passio Sancte Barbare . The texts are preced... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781851824434
Published by : Four Courts Press
A collection of twelve wide-ranging papers on the language, religious texts and literature of early Ireland and Anglo-Saxon England. The essays, all richly furnished with contemporary Latin or vernacular extracts, examine beliefs, memories and ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780197261750
Published by : British Academy
Edition, with commentary of fifteen charters relating to the monastery of Selsey on the Sussex coast, founded by Bishop Wilfrid of Northumbria around 68-685. With discussion of the authenticity of the charters,the manuscripts themselves, the c... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781898577058
Published by : Runetree Press
This study comprises a colour semantic investigation into the greyness of Old English, forming a companion volume to the author's Blue in Old English (1997). The research is conducted by means of word-studies of graeg, har, hsau, and wylfen ... .... Learn More