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2) The oath
Author
Series
Druid chronicles volume 1
Publisher
She Writes Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the last of members of a secretive Druid cult are forced to abandon their hidden sanctuary, they send the youngest of their remaining priests in search of Annwr, their chief priestess's sister, who was abducted by a Saxon war band fifteen years ago. With only a rudimentary grasp of English and the ambiguous guidance of an oracle's prophecy, Caelym manages to find Annwr living in a hut on the grounds of a Christian convent. Annwr has spent her...
Author
Publisher
Seabury Press
Pub. Date
1976.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
143 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Analyzes Anglo-Saxon life and attitudes through an examination of surviving prose and poetry, sculpture, jewelry, and architecture.
Author
Publisher
Rowman and Littlefield
Pub. Date
1978.
Physical Desc
111 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Traces the history of the Anglo-Saxon civilization in England from the 5th to the 11th centuries as revealed by archaelogists' excavations and laboratory tests.
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xv, 477 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
The Anglo-Saxon period, stretching from the fifth to the late eleventh century, begins with the Roman retreat from the Western worlds and ends with the Norman takeover of England. Between these epochal events, many of the contours and patterns of English life that would endure for the next millennium were shaped. In this authoritative work, Nicholas Higham and Martin Ryan re-examine Anglo-Saxon England in the light of new research in disciplines as...
9) Ivanhoe
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
More than acentury after the Norman Conquest, England remains a colony of foreign warlords. Prince John plans to seize his brother's crown, his barons terrorize the country, and the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood haunts the ancient greenwood. With the secret return of King Richard and the disinherited Saxon knight Ivanhoe, Scott unfurls his splendid and tumultuous romance, featuring the tournament at Ashby-de-la-Zouch and the clash of will between Templar...
Author
Series
In British Academy London Proceedings volume 1953
Pub. Date
(1954)
Physical Desc
volumes 39 pages [287]-348 ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Æthelflæd volume 1
Publisher
Speak/Penguin
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
In ninth-century Britain, fifteen-year-old Aethelflaed, daughter of King Alfred of West Saxony, finds she must assume new responsibilities much sooner than expected when she is betrothed to Ethelred of Mercia in order to strengthen a strategic alliance against the Danes.
15) Beowulf: an introduction to the study of the poem with a discussion of the stories of Offa and Finn
Author
Publisher
University Press
Pub. Date
1959.
Edition
Third edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 628 pages : geneological tables ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Which innovative ideas and inventions began with the Anglo-Saxons? Find out how the Anglo-Saxons farmed their land, built their houses, and organized their society. Discover how their brilliant developments in defense, law, language, and storytelling still influence the way we live today"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
7 CDs (approximately 8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (88 pages : color illustrations).
Language
English
Description
The Angles and Saxons purposefully migrated to the isles of the Britons and brought with them their already-well-developed use of language. Professor Michael D.C. Drout presents the Anglo-Saxons' storytelling abilities using their own words; he does so in their own voice--the incredibly melodious Old English.
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