Language & Literature

ISBN: 9782503528939
Published by : Brepols
This collection of essays written by some of the most prominent scholars in the field honours Paul E. Szarmach by bringing together a range of studies relating to Anglo-Saxon literature and culture. As the title suggests, the main concern of th... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199561438
Published by : Oxford University Press
The text of the Heptateuch, an eleventh-century translation of the first seven books of the Vulgate Bible into Old English much of it by Aelfric of Eynsham, along with his preface and exegetical Libellus on the Old and New Testaments. The secon... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782503520803
Published by : Brepols
Old English Heroic Poems and the Social Life of Texts develops the theme that all stories- all 'beautiful lies', if one considers them as such - have a potentially myth-like function as they enter and re-enter the stream of human consciousness.... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781898281467
Published by : Anglo-Saxon Books
Designed to be used in conjenction with Stephen Pollington's 'First Steps in Old English' this two CD set provides a good starting point for those wishing to learn Old English. The first CD contains readings of the great Old English texts, such... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780199206612
Published by : Oxford University Press
This book suggests that the Old English epic Beowulf was composed in the winter of 826-7 as a requiem for King Beornwulf of Mercia on behalf of Wiglaf, the ealdorman who succeeded him. The place of composition is given as the minster of Breedon... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780859897808
Published by : The Exeter Press
As a leading churchman writing at the time of the Viking raids at the end of the first millennium, AElfric wrote his "Lives" to bolster the faith of English Christians. These three stories of couples who marry but do not consummate their unions... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782503518190
Published by : Brepols
The twenty-six essays draw together insights from fields as diverse as archaeology, art history, and liturgy to reflect on the literature and material culture of the Anglo-Saxons. The first section looks outwards from the insular context, to m... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9782503527345
Published by : Brepols
Historians and Old English scholars have long speculated about the historical basis of the epic Beowulf, and it has often been assumed that the great hall, Heorot, was at Lejre on the Island of Zealand; many other literary sources confirm that ... .... Learn More

Published by : Brepols
This volume of scholarly essays takes as its theme education (primarly monastic) in the Anglo-Saxon period, with a focus on its latter centuries. The contributors all take manuscripts as their principal form of evidence, with many of the articl... .... Learn More