Anglo-Saxon England: Volume 48

The forty-eighth volume of Anglo-Saxon England contains articles on self-seeking in The Metres of Boethius and Exeter Riddle 55.

Rosalind Love (Edited by), Simon Keynes (Edited by), Rory Naismith (Edited by)

9781009294416, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 22 December 2022

400 pages
23.3 x 15.5 x 1.7 cm, 0.54 kg

Contributions to the forty-eighth volume of Anglo-Saxon England focus on aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture and history across a period from the sixth to the twelfth century. This volume begins with an examination of Beowulf fitt II and the Andreas-poet, and ends with a study of St Dunstan and the heavenly choirs of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, as related in Goscelin's Historia translationis S. Augustini. Also included are articles on Leofric of Exeter and liturgical performance as pastoral care, legal culture under Dena lage with reference to III Æthelred, an Agnus Dei penny of King Æthelred the Unready and self-seeking in The Metres of Boethius. Latin verse in an Old English medical codex is examined with reference to Bald's Colophon, the figure of Beow is explored in a Scandinavian context and a new solution is provided for Exeter Riddle 55. Each article is preceded by a short abstract.

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1. A close fitt: reading Beowulf fitt II with the Andreas-poet Daniel Thomas
2. Seeking within the self in The Metres of Boethius Amy Faulkner
3. Segn of the times: a new solution for Exeter Riddle 55 Sara Burdorff
4. The artistry of Bald's colophon: Latin verse in an Old English medical codex Emily Kesling
5. Beow in Scandinavia Tom Grant
6. Cuthbert's relics and the origins of the diocese of Durham Neil Mcguigan
7. Legal Culture under Dena lage: a study of III Æthelred Jake A. Stattel
8. A further Agnus Dei penny of King Æthelred the Unready Simon Keynes, William A. Mackay and Rory Naismith
9. An Anglo-Saxon bishop, his book and two battles: Leofric of Exeter and liturgical performance as pastoral care Robert Upchurch
10. Echoes of the past: St Dunstan and the heavenly choirs of St Augustine's Abbey, Canterbury, in Goscelin's Historia translationis S. Augustini Sophie Sawicka-Sykes.

Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]