Language & Literature

ISBN: 9781843841937
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
"De Temporibus Anni", a concise handbook of calendar and computus, astronomy and natural science, dates from the late tenth century. It seems to have circulated anonymously, but analysis of its language and content shows it to be by AElfric, o... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780859898409
Published by : The Exeter Press
This book is an accessible and generously illustrated guide to manuscript study for students of Anglo-Saxon history and literature. Bringing together invaluable advice and information from a group of scholars at the forefront of their fields, ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780859898416
Published by : The Exeter Press
This book is an accessible and generously illustrated guide to manuscript study for students of Anglo-Saxon history and literature. Bringing together invaluable advice and information from a group of scholars at the forefront of their fields, ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521866774
Published by : Cambridge University Press
A new textbook aimed at undergraduates encountering Old English for the first time which takes a slightly unusual approach by concentrating on its linguistic structure. Chapters focus on linguistic concepts such as semantics, lexicon, grammar a... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521685696
Published by : Cambridge University Press
A new textbook aimed at undergraduates encountering Old English for the first time which takes a slightly unusual approach by concentrating on its linguistic structure. Chapters focus on linguistic concepts such as semantics, lexicon, grammar a... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004176812
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
This collection provides a new, authoritative and challenging study of the life and works of Ælfric of Eynsham, the most important vernacular religious writer in the history of Anglo-Saxon England. The contributors include almost all of the ke... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781843842033
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The dialogues of Solomon and Saturn, found in MSS Corpus Christi College Cambridge 422 and 41, are some of the most complex Old English texts to survive. The first two dialogues, in verse and prose, present the pagan god Saturn in human form i... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788763526043
Published by : Museum Tusculanum Press
The oldest manuscript of Alexanders saga, "AM 519a 4", from circa 1280 is considered to be one of the most important extant pieces of Icelandic writing from the medieval period. Alexanders saga is the Norse translation of Walter of Chatillon's ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004166622
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
This volume takes a detailed look at two different lives of St Brendan - the earliest which survives, in Latin, and dating to the ninth century, and a twelfth century Anglo-Norman reworking. In so doing Dr. Mackley shows how many elements of th... .... Learn More