The Old English History of the World
The Old English History of the World

Author: Paulus Orosius

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780674971066

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The Old English History of the World, produced around the year 900, is an anonymous translation and adaptation of Paulus Orosius's immensely popular Latin history known as the Seven Books of History against the Pagans. This volume offers a new edition and modern translation of an Anglo-Saxon perspective on the ancient world.

The Seven Books of History Against the Pagans
The Seven Books of History Against the Pagans

Author: Paulus Orosius

Publisher: CUA Press

Published: 2010-04

Total Pages: 440

ISBN-13: 0813211506

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This work is valuable as history, containing as it does contemporary information on the period after 278 A.D. It was used widely during the Middle Ages, and the existence today of nearly 200 manuscript copies is evidence of its past popularity.

Undoing Babel
Undoing Babel

Author: Tristan Major

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2018-01-01

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1487500548

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Undoing Babel is the first extensive examination of the development of the Babel narrative amongst Anglo-Saxon authors from late antiquity to the eleventh century.

Introduction to Old English
Introduction to Old English

Author: Peter S. Baker

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-02-20

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 047065984X

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Featuring numerous updates and additional anthology selections, the 3rd edition of Introduction to Old English confirms its reputation as a leading text designed to help students engage with Old English literature for the first time. A new edition of one of the most popular introductions to Old English Assumes no expertise in other languages or in traditional grammar Includes basic grammar reviews at the beginning of each major chapter and a “minitext” feature to aid students in practicing reading Old English Features updates and several new anthology readings, including King Alfred’s Preface to Gregory’s Pastoral Care

Ohthere's Voyages
Ohthere's Voyages

Author: Janet Bately

Publisher: Viking Ship Museum/National Museum of Denmark

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13:

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At some time in the late 9th century, a Norwegian seafarer by the name of Ohthere [Oht-her-e] told the West Saxon king Alfred of his voyages along the coasts of Norway and Denmark. Ohthere's report made such an impression at the court of King Alfred that it was recorded and subsequently inserted into the Old English version of the late Roman world history by Orosius, accompanied by Wulfstan's account of a voyage across the Baltic Sea. Ohthere's account is the earliest known description of the North by a Scandinavian and gives a fascinating and highly trustworthy glimpse of the early Viking Age. Since the 16th century, Ohthere's voyages have been debated by an ever growing number of scholars, such as linguists, historians and archaeologists. In this book, a panel of experts presents the original source in its geographical, cultural, nautical and economic context.