Anglo-Saxon England

by John Leyerle, Julian Brown, Peter Hunter Blair, et al.

Book Overview

The contents of this first volume typify the range of interests that will be covered throughout the series. The topics treated include the first two centuries of Christianity in East Anglia; geographical knowledge in King Alfred's court; the part played by Bishop thelwold's school at Winchester in the period of tenth-century monastic reform in standardizing the vernacular and in studying and composing Latin poetry; allegory in Old English literature;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521038359
• ISBN13: 9780521038355
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 356 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"