About this book
IBeowulf, The Battle of Maldon, The Dream of the ood, The Wanderer, and The Seafarer are among he greatest surviving Anglo-Saxon poems. They, and many ther treasures, are included in The Anglo-Saxon World: hronicles, laws and letters, charters and charms, and above ll superb poems. Here is a word picture of a people who ame to these islands as pagans and yet within two hundred ears had become Christians, to such effect that England was he centre of missionary endeavour and, for a time, the eart of European civilization.
Details
- First published
- 1984
- OL Work ID
- OL1955112W
Subjects
English literature (collections), old english, ca. 450-1100Anglo-saxonsGreat britain, history, anglo-saxon period, 499-1066, sourcesEnglish literatureModernized versionsSourcesHistoryLiterary collectionsOld EnglishModernized vesionsTranslations into EnglishHistory and criticism450-1100(vieil anglais)HistoireLiteraturAnthologiesLittérature anglaiseAnglo-Saxons (peuple germanique)