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Historia de Sancto Cuthberto
As well as being a traditional saint's life, this text is also a record of the political activities and property acquisitions of a powerful Anglo-Saxon monastery. It demonstrates …
The Complete Story of the Grail
The mysterious and haunting Grail makes its first appearance in literature in Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval at the end of the twelfth century. But Chrétien never finished his poem, …
Masculinities in Old Norse Literature
First full investigation of masculinities in Old Norse-Icelandic literature. Compared to other areas of medieval literature, the question of masculinity in Old Norse-Icelandic …
Saxo Grammaticus: The History of the Danes, Books I-IX
The first nine books of Saxo Grammaticus's "The History of the Danes", recording the legendary kings and heroes of Denmark. This translation, with an introductory summary of the …
A Perceforest Reader
Perceforest is one of the largest and certainly the most extraordinary of the late Arthurian romances, and is almost completely unknown except to a handful of scholars. But it is a …
A Dictionary of Northern Mythology
Over 1700 entries cover mythology and religion of heathen Germanic tribes: Scandinavians, Goths, Angles and Saxons, 1500 BC-1000 AD. For two and a half thousand years, from 1500 BC …
A History of Old Norse Poetry and Poetics
Accessible guide to and description of the medieval poetic tradition in Scandinavia. This is the first book in English to deal with the twin subjects of Old Norse poetry and the …
Mechthild of Magdeburg: Selections from The Flowing Light of the Godhead
Selections from this widely varied original mystical treatise offer insight into the lives of C13 female religious in northern Europe. Here is one of the great surprises of German …
A Companion to Julian of Norwich
One of the most important medieval writers studied in historical and literary context. Julian of Norwich, the fourteenth/early fifteenth-century anchoress and mystic, is one of the …
Chaucer's Decameron and the Origin of the Canterbury Tales
A major and original contribution to the debate as to Chaucer's use and knowledge of Boccaccio, finding a new source for the "Shipman's Tale". A possible direct link between the …
Women Saints' Lives in Old English Prose
Translations of eight saints' lives, giving an insight into women's religious culture in Anglo-Saxon England. Devout, virtuous and independent, the heroines of Old English saints' …
The Vikings and the Victorians
The first book-length treatment of C19 fascination with Norse heroes. This is the first book-length treatment of the Victorians' fascination with the old north. It explores the …