The Anglo-Saxon World

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<em>Beowulf</em>, <em>The Battle of Maldon</em>, <em>The Dream of the Rood</em>, <em>The Wanderer</em>, and <em>The Seafarer</em> are among the greatest surviving Anglo-Saxon poems. They, and many their treasures, are included in <em>The Anglo-Saxon World</em>: hronicles, laws and letters, charters and charms, and above ll superb poems. Here is a word picture of a people who came to these islands as pagans and yet within two hundred years had become Christians, to such effect that England was the centre of missionary endeavour and, for a time, the heart of European civilization. Includes: Deor The Finnesburh fragment Waldere The battle of Maldon The battle of Brunanburh The laws of Wihtred Trial by ordeal Canute's letter to the people of England The Anglo-Saxon chronicle. Vortigern's invitation (449) ; Cynewulf and Cyneheard (757) ; Fiery dragons in Northumbria (793) ; Ashdown and other engagements (878) ; King Alfred and Guthrum (878) ; Stamford Bridge and Hastings (1066) The wanderer The seafarer The wife's lament The husband's message Wulf The ruin Ohthere's voyage to the white sea Wulfstan's visit to Estonia Beowulf King Edwin's council Caedmon's vision Cuthbert's death and disinterment Bede on himself From Pope Gregory I to Candidus From Boniface to Fulrad, Abbot of St. Denis From Cuthbert, Abbot of Wearmouth, to Lul From Alcuin to Ethelred, King of Northumbria From Charlemagne to Offa, King of Mercia From Radbrod, Prior of St Samson's at Dol, to King Æthelstan Caedmon's hymn Advent lyrics I, II and VII The dream of the rood Durham Bede's death song Life of King Alfred (extract) Preface to St Gregory's Pastoral care A colloquy The passion of St Edmund Thirty-one riddles A grant of land at Crediton An estate memorandum : duties and perquisites A marriage agreement A manumission The will of King Alfred Three charms Bald's Leechbook (extract) [Excerpt] from the Phoenix The panther The whale The sermon of the wolf to the English The fortunes of men