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The kingdom best remembered for Offa and his famous dyke was not only a dominant power on the island of Britain in the eighth century, but also a significant player in early medieval European politics and culture. Although the volume focuses on the eighth and ninth centuries when Mercian power was at its height, it also looks back to the origins of the kingdom and forward to the period of Viking settlement and West Saxon reconquest. With state-of-the-art contributions from experts in palaeography, art history, archaeology, numismatics and landscape - as well as from historians - this book esta

Anglo-Saxons -- Mercia (Kingdom). --- England -- Civilization -- To 1066. --- Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066. --- Mercia (Kingdom). --- Anglo-Saxons

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Great Britain --- Grande-Bretagne --- History --- Histoire --- Geschichte 600-1100. --- England --- Großbritannien --- England. --- Großbritannien. --- Archaeology, Medieval --- Civilization --- Great Britain - History - Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 --- Great Britain - History - Norman period, 1066-1154 --- England - Civilization - To 1066

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Civilization, Medieval, in literature --- English philology --- History --- England --- Civilization --- -English philology --- -Civilization, Medieval, in literature --- Germanic philology --- -Civilization --- Angleterre --- Anglii︠a︡ --- Inghilterra --- Engeland --- Inglaterra --- Anglija --- English philology - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History --- English philology - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History --- England - Civilization - 1066-1485 --- England - Civilization - To 1066

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This book introduces students to the literature of Anglo-Saxon England, the period from 600-1066, in a collection of fifteen specially commissioned essays. The Companion is aimed at students encountering Old English literature for the first time, who require clear guidance and orientation in an unfamiliar field. The first chapters describe briefly the political, social and ecclesiastical history of the period and how poetry and prose developed and flourished. A succinct account of Old English language provides beginners with a guide to grammar, syntax and vocabulary. Subsequent chapters explore such topics as Germanic legend and heroic ideals, paganism and fatalism, the cult of saints and responses to the Bible. Important prose texts, such as those by Bede, Alfred, Aelfric and Wulfstan, are covered under these thematic headings. Poems such as The Battle of Maldon, The Wanderer, The Seafarer and The Dream of the Rood, are discussed in detail, but in association with related texts, in prose as well as poetry. A separate chapter is devoted to Beowulf, but aspects of the poem are also discussed in other chapters. Finally a bibliography lists essential editions, reference works and critical studies.

Civilization, Anglo-Saxon --- English literature --- Civilisation anglo-saxonne --- Littérature anglaise --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- England --- Angleterre --- Civilization --- Civilisation --- 820 "06/10" --- 820 "06/10" Engelse literatuur--?"06/10" --- Engelse literatuur--?"06/10" --- British literature --- Inklings (Group of writers) --- Nonsense Club (Group of writers) --- Order of the Fancy (Group of writers) --- Great Britain --- Anglii︠a︡ --- Inghilterra --- Engeland --- Inglaterra --- Anglija --- England and Wales --- History --- Old English literature --- Littérature anglaise --- --Grande-Bretagne --- --English literature --- Old English, ca. 450-1100 --- To 1066 --- Civilization [Anglo-Saxon ] --- English literature - Old English, ca. 450-1100 - History and criticism. --- England - Civilization - To 1066. --- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon. --- English literature - Old English, ca 450-1100 - History and criticism - Handbooks, manuals, etc --- Grande-Bretagne --- Great Britain - History - Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 - Handbooks, manuals, etc --- England - Civilization - To 1066 - Handbooks, manuals, etc

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English poetry --- -Engels: literatuurgeschiedenis --- English literature --- -Literary collections. --- -English poetry --- -Middle Ages --- -Literary collections --- England --- Angleterre --- Anglii︠a︡ --- Inghilterra --- Engeland --- Inglaterra --- Anglija --- Civilization --- Middle Ages --- Anglo-Saxon poetry --- English poetry, Old --- Old English poetry --- Middle English literature --- Literary collections --- England and Wales --- Literary collections. --- Engels: literatuurgeschiedenis --- Littérature anglaise --- English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 --- Middle Ages - Literary collections --- England - Civilization - 1066-1485 - Literary collections --- England - Civilization - To 1066 - Literary collections