The Anglo-Saxon World An Anthology

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.

Introduction

x

Heroic Poems

1

(22)

Deor

7

(1)

The Finnesburh Fragment

8

(1)

Waldere

9

(2)

The Battle of Maldon

11

(8)

The Battle of Brunanburh

19

(4)

Laws

23

(10)

The Laws of Wihtred

26

(2)

Trial by Ordeal

28

(1)

Canute's Letter to the People of England

29

(4)

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

33

(12)

Vortigern's Invitation (499); Cynewulf and Cyneheard (757); Fiery Dragons in North-umbria (793); Ashdown and Other Engagements (878); King Alfred and Guthrum (878); Stamford Bridge and Hastings (1066)

37

(8)

Elegies

45

(16)

The Wanderer

50

(3)

The Seafarer

53

(3)

The Wife's Lament

56

(1)

The Husband's Message

57

(2)

Wulf

59

(1)

The Ruin

59

(2)

Exploration

61

(8)

Ohthere's Voyage to the White Sea

64

(3)

Wulfstan's Visit to Estonia

67

(2)

Epic

69

(86)

Beowulf

74

(81)

The Kingdom of God

155

(22)

King Edwin's Council

159

(2)

Caedmon's Vision

161

(2)

Cuthbert's Death and Disinterment

163

(10)

Bede on Himself

173

(4)

Greetings in Christ

177

(16)

from Pope Gregory I to Candidus

182

(1)

from Boniface to Fulrad, Abbot of St Denis

182

(2)

from Cuthbert, Abbot of Wearmouth, to Lul

184

(1)

from Alcuin to Ethelred, King of North-umbria

185

(4)

from Charlemagne to Offa, King of Mercia

189

(2)

from Radbrod, Prior of St Samson's at Dol, to King AEthelstan

191

(2)

Christian Poems

193

(14)

Caedmon's Hymn

197

(1)

Advent Lyrics I, II and VII

197

(3)

The Dream of the Rood

200

(4)

Durham

204

(1)

Bede's Death Song

205

(2)

Example and Exhortation

207

(28)

Life of King Alfred (extract)

213

(5)

Preface to St Gregory's Pastoral Care

218

(2)

A Colloquy

220

(8)

The Passion of St Edmund

228

(7)

I Saw a Strange Creature...

235

(16)

Thirty-One Riddles

238

(13)

Charters, Tracts and Wills

251

(16)

A Grant of Land at Credition

255

(2)

An Estate Memorandum: Duties and Perquisites

257

(4)

A Marriage Agreement

261

(1)

A Manumission

262

(1)

The Will of King Alfred

262

(5)

Charms and Remedies

267

(12)

Three Charms

270

(1)

Bald's Leechbook (extract)

271

(8)

Allegory

279

(12)

from The Phoenix

283

(2)

The Panther

285

(2)

The Whale

287

(4)

Sermon

291

(10)

The Sermon of the Wolf to the English

294

(7)

Destiny

301

(6)

The Fortunes of Men

304

(3)

Bibliography

307

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