Anglo-Saxon England

The authors of this volume tackle a wide range of questions in Anglo-Saxon history and culture.

List of illustrations; 1. The ætheling: a study in Anglo-Saxon constitutional history David N. Dumville; 2. The dates of Deira Molly Miller; 3. Bede and the church paintings at Wearmouth-Jarrow Paul Meyvaert; 4. 'Weapons' in Beowulf: an analysis of the nominal compounds and an evaluation of the poet's use of them Caroline Brady; 5. Cain's monstrous progeny in Beowulf: part I, Noachic tradition Ruth Mellinkoff; 6. Cynewulf's traditions about the apostles in Fates of the Apostles J. E. Cross; 7. World history in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: its sources and its separateness from the Old English Orosius Janet M. Bately; 8. Wynflæd's wardrobe Gale R. Owen; 9. The corpus of vernacular homilies and prose saints' lives before Ælfric D. G. Scragg; 10. Manuscript evidence for knowledge of the poems of Venantius Fortunatus in late Anglo-Saxon England R. W. Hunt; Appendix: Knowledge of the poems in the earlier period Michael Lapidge; 11. The archaeology of Anglo-Saxon England in the pagan period: a review Catherine Hills; 12. Short titles of Old English texts: addenda and corrigenda Bruce Mitchell, Christopher Ball and Angus Cameron; 13. Bibliography for 1978 Carl T. Berkhout, Martin Biddle, T. J. Brown, Peter A. Clayton and Simon Keynes.