Language & Literature
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Old Norse – Old Icelandic: Concise Introduction to the Language of the Sagas [Paperback]
Jesse Byock (Author); Randall Gordon (Author); (Author)
£16.99ISBN: 9781953947093
Published by : Jules William Press
Series: Viking Language Old Norse Icelandic Series
Volume: 3
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Old Norse - Old Icelandic: Concise Introduction to the Language of the Sagas is a new, modern "primer" for learning to read sagas and Viking myths in their original language. Carefully designed and easy-to-use, this primer teaches grammar... .... Learn More -
Supplementary Exercises for Old Norse - Old Icelandic [Paperback]
Jesse Byock (Author); Randall Gordon (Author)
£12.99ISBN: 9780988176409
Published by : Jules William Press
Series: Viking Language Old Norse Icelandic Series
Volume: 4
Not yet published - available for pre-order
Supplementary Exercises for Old Norse - Old Icelandic is a new volume in the Viking Language Old Norse Icelandic Series. A workbook of 17 lessons designed for those who want to learn or sharpen their skills in Old Norse with innovative ex... .... Learn More -
Childhood and Adolescence in Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture [Hardback]
Susan Irvine (Editor); Winfried Rudolf (Editor)
Regular Price: £61.99
Special Price: £25.00
ISBN: 9781487502027
Published by : University of Toronto Press
Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series
Childhood and Adolescence in Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture counters the generally received wisdom that early medieval childhood and adolescence were an unremittingly bleak experience. The contributors analyse representations of children and their e... .... Learn More -
Crossing Boundaries: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Art, Material Culture, Language and Literature of the Early Medieval World [Hardback]
Eric Cambridge (Editor); Jane Hawkes (Editor)
Regular Price: £55.00
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ISBN: 9781785703072
Published by : Oxbow Books
Interdisciplinary studies are increasingly widely recognised as being among the most fruitful approaches to generating original perspectives on the medieval past. In this major collection of 27 papers, contributors transcend traditional disciplina... .... Learn More -
Viking Language 2 [Paperback]
Jesse L. Byock (Author)
£29.99ISBN: 9781481175265
Published by : Jules William Press
Series: Viking Language Old Norse Icelandic Series
Volume: 2
Viking Language 2: The Old Norse Reader (the 2nd book in the Viking Language Series) immerses the learner in Old Norse and Icelandic. Readings include a wealth of Old Norse myths, legends, complete Icelandic sagas, poems of the Sc... .... Learn More -
Writing in a Speaking World: The Pragmatics of Literacy in Anglo-Saxon Inscriptions and Old English Poetry [Hardback]
Peter Orton (Author)
Regular Price: £48.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9780866984935
Published by : Medieval and Renaissance Texts Society
Writing in a Speaking World is a critical investigation of some manifestations of literate ways of thinking and expression in Anglo-Saxon writings. Two of its main themes are the relationship between runic and Roman writing in both epigraphical in... .... Learn More -
John the Baptist's Prayer or the Descent into Hell from the Exeter Book [Hardback]
M R Rambaran-Olm (Author)
Regular Price: £60.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9781843843665
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
The Old English poem known popularly as the Descent into Hell, found on folios 119v to 121v of the Exeter Book, has to date received little critical attention, perhaps owing to various contextual problems and lacunae on the leaves that contain it.... .... Learn More -
Between Earth and Heaven [Hardback]
Johanna Kramer (Author)
Regular Price: £80.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9780719087899
Published by : Manchester University Press
Between earth and heaven examines the teaching of the theology of Christ's ascension in Anglo-Saxon literature, offering the only comprehensive examination of how patristic ascension theology is transmitted, adapted and taught to Anglo-Saxon audie... .... Learn More -
Viking Language 1 [Paperback]
Jesse L. Byock (Author)
£29.99ISBN: 9781480216440
Published by : Jules William Press
Series: Viking Language Old Norse Icelandic Series
Volume: 1
Viking Language 1: Learn Old Norse, Runes, and Icelandic Sagas (the first book in the Viking Language Series) is a new introduction to Old Norse and Icelandic. The beginner has everything in one book: Graded lessons, reading passa... .... Learn More -
Saints and Scholars [Hardback]
Stuart McWilliams (Editor)
Regular Price: £60.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9781843843030
Published by : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Anglo-Saxon literature and culture, and their subsequent appropriations, unite the essays collected here. They offer fresh and exciting perspectives on a variety of issues, from gender to religion and the afterlives of Old English texts, from reco... .... Learn More
