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The Anglo-Saxon World An Anthology

by: Crossley-Holland, Kevin

The Anglo-Saxon World An Anthology

by: Crossley-Holland, Kevin

ISBN 13:
9780192816320
ISBN 10:
0192816322
Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 02/23/1984
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

Crossley-Holland--the widely acclaimed translator of Old English texts--introduces the Anglo-Saxons through their chronicles, laws, letters, charters, and poetry, with many of the greatest surviving poems printed in their entirety.

Introduction

Heroic Poems

(22)

1. Deor

(1)

2. The Finnesburh Fragment

(1)

3. Waldere

(2)

4. The Battle of Maldon

(8)

5. The Battle of Brunanburh

(4)

Laws

(10)

6. The Laws of Wihtred

(2)

7. Trial by Ordeal

(1)

8. Canute's Letter to the People of England

(4)

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

(12)

9. Vortigern's Invitation (449); Cynewulf and Cyneheard (757); Fiery Dragons in Northumbria (793); Ashdown and Other Engagements (878); King Alfred and Guthrum (878); Stamford Bridge and Hastings (1066)

(8)

Elegies

(16)

10. The Wanderer

(3)

11. The Seafarer

(3)

12. The Wife's Lament

(1)

13. The Husband's Message

(2)

14. Wulf

(1)

15. The Ruin

(2)

Exploration

(8)

16. Ohthere's Voyage to the White Sea

(3)

17. Wulfstan's Visit to Estonia

(2)

Epic

(86)

18. Beowulf

(81)

The Kingdom of God

155

(22)

19. King Edwin's Council

159

(2)

20. Caedmon's Vision

161

(2)

21. Cuthbert's Death and Disinterment

163

(10)

22. Bede on Himself

173

(4)

Greetings in Christ

177

(16)

23. from Pope Gregory I to Candidus

182

(1)

24. from Boniface to Fulrad, Abbot of St Denis

182

(2)

25. from Cuthbert, Abbot of Wearmouth, to Lul

184

(1)

26. from Alcuin to Ethelred, King of Northumbria

185

(4)

27. from Charlemagne to Offa, King of Mercia

189

(2)

28. from Radbrod, Prior of St Samson's at Dol, to King AEthelstan

191

(2)

Christian Poems

193

(14)

29. Caedmon's Hymn

197

(1)

30. Advent Lyrics I, II and VII

197

(3)

31. The Dream of the Rood

200

(4)

32. Durham

204

(1)

33. Bede's Death Song

205

(2)

Example and Exhortation

207

(28)

34. Life of King Alfred (extract)

213

(5)

35. Preface to St Gregory's Pastoral Care

218

(2)

36. A Colloquy

220

(8)

37. The Passion of St Edmund

228

(7)

I Saw a Strange Creature...

235

(16)

38. Thirty-One Riddles

238

(13)

Charters, Tracts and Wills

251

(16)

39. A Grant of Land at Crediton

255

(2)

40. An Estate Memorandum: Duties and Perquisites

257

(4)

41. A Marriage Agreement

261

(1)

42. A Manumission

262

(1)

43. The Will of King Alfred

262

(5)

Charms and Remedies

267

(12)

44. Three Charms

270

(1)

45. Bald's Leechbook (extract)

271

(8)

Allegory

279

(12)

46. from The Phoenix

283

(2)

47. The Panther

285

(2)

48. The Whale

287

(4)

Sermon

291

(10)

49. The Sermon of the Wolf to the English

294

(7)

Destiny

301

(6)

50. The Fortunes of Men

304

(3)

Bibliography

307

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