Denis - From Cuthbert, Abbot of Wearmouth, to Lul - From Alcuin to Ethelred, King of Northumbria - From Charlemagne to Offa, King of Mercia - From Radbrod, Prior of St Samson's at Dol, to King Æthelstan - Caedmon's hymn - Advent lyrics I, II and VII - The dream of the rood - Durham - Bede's death song - Life of King Alfred (extract) - Preface to St Gregory's Pastoral care - A colloquy - The passion of St Edmund - Thirty-one riddles - A grant of land at Crediton - An estate memorandum : duties and perquisites - A marriage agreement - A manumission - The will of King Alfred - Three charms - Bald's Leechbook (extract) - from the Phoenix - The panther - The whale - The sermon of the wolf to the English - The fortunes of menĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:04:09 Associated-names Crossley-Holland, Kevin Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40340220 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier 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) - The wanderer - The seafarer - The wife's lament - The husband's message - Wulf - The ruin - Ohthere's voyage to the white sea - Wulfstan's visit to Estonia - Beowulf - King Edwin's council - Caedmon's vision - Cuthbert's death and disinterment - Bede on himself - From Pope Gregory I to Candidus - From Boniface to Fulrad, Abbot of St. Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-308)ĭeor - The Finnesburh fragment - Waldere - The battle of Maldon - The battle of Brunanburh - The laws of Wihtred - Trial by ordeal - Canute's letter to the people of England - The Anglo-Saxon chronicle. 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.

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