{"product_id":"crossley-holland-kevin-the-anglo-saxon-world-9780389203674","title":"The Anglo-Saxon world","description":"The Anglo-Saxon World introduces the Anglo-Saxons in their own words their chronicles, laws and letters, charters and charms, and above all their magnificent poems. Most of the greatest surviving poems are printed here in their entirety: the reader will find the whole of Beowulf, The Battle of Maldon, and the haunting elegiac poems. Here is a word picture of a people who came to these islands as pagans, subscribing to the Germanic heroic code, and yet within 200 years had become Christian to such effect that England was the centre of missionary endeavour and, for a time, the heart of European civilisation.Kevin Crossley-Holland places the poems and prose in context with his skilful interpretation of the Anglo-Saxon world; his translations have been widely acclaimed, and of Beowulf Charles Causley has written 'the poem has at last found its translator'. The many illustrations draw on the splendours of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts and jewellery and a wealth of archaeological finds. KEVIN CROSSLEY-HOLLAND is a poet and writer who takes a particular interest in the middle ages and in traditional tale: in addition to his translations from the Anglo-Saxon, he is also the author of versions of the Norse myths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncludes:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDeor\u003cbr\u003eThe Finnesburh fragment\u003cbr\u003eWaldere\u003cbr\u003eThe battle of Maldon\u003cbr\u003eThe battle of Brunanburh\u003cbr\u003eThe laws of Wihtred\u003cbr\u003eTrial by ordeal\u003cbr\u003eCanute's letter to the people of England\u003cbr\u003eThe Anglo-Saxon chronicle. 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)\u003cbr\u003eThe wanderer\u003cbr\u003eThe seafarer\u003cbr\u003eThe wife's lament\u003cbr\u003eThe husband's message\u003cbr\u003eWulf\u003cbr\u003eThe ruin\u003cbr\u003eOhthere's voyage to the white sea\u003cbr\u003eWulfstan's visit to Estonia\u003cbr\u003eBeowulf\u003cbr\u003eKing Edwin's council\u003cbr\u003eCaedmon's vision\u003cbr\u003eCuthbert's death and disinterment\u003cbr\u003eBede on himself\u003cbr\u003eFrom Pope Gregory I to Candidus\u003cbr\u003eFrom Boniface to Fulrad, Abbot of St. Denis\u003cbr\u003eFrom Cuthbert, Abbot of Wearmouth, to Lul\u003cbr\u003eFrom Alcuin to Ethelred, King of Northumbria\u003cbr\u003eFrom Charlemagne to Offa, King of Mercia\u003cbr\u003eFrom Radbrod, Prior of St Samson's at Dol, to King Æthelstan\u003cbr\u003eCaedmon's hymn\u003cbr\u003eAdvent lyrics I, II and VII\u003cbr\u003eThe dream of the rood\u003cbr\u003eDurham\u003cbr\u003eBede's death song\u003cbr\u003eLife of King Alfred (extract)\u003cbr\u003ePreface to St Gregory's Pastoral care\u003cbr\u003eA colloquy\u003cbr\u003eThe passion of St Edmund\u003cbr\u003eThirty-one riddles\u003cbr\u003eA grant of land at Crediton\u003cbr\u003eAn estate memorandum : duties and perquisites\u003cbr\u003eA marriage agreement\u003cbr\u003eA manumission\u003cbr\u003eThe will of King Alfred\u003cbr\u003eThree charms\u003cbr\u003eBald's Leechbook (extract)\u003cbr\u003e[Excerpt] from the Phoenix\u003cbr\u003eThe panther\u003cbr\u003eThe whale\u003cbr\u003eThe sermon of the wolf to the English\u003cbr\u003eThe fortunes of men","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53726266851670,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9780389203674_1.jpg?v=1781775159","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/crossley-holland-kevin-the-anglo-saxon-world-9780389203674","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}