The second half of the twentieth century and the opening decades of the new millennium
have seen considerable advances in our understanding of settlements in early medieval …

It has long been recognized that timber was the standard building material of the Anglo-
Saxon world. Surveys of Anglo-Saxon buildings have been dominated by timber halls with …

Christians they may be at the end of Andreas, but for most of this poem the Mermedonians
are mad pagan cannibals. The devil has made them so, and their hopes of salvation …

This paper was born out of research into the practicalities and sensualities of pilgrim travel in
medieval Britain. 2 What stood out the most during the course of this research and the …

Old English poetry is centred on the concept of community and the importance of belonging.
Landscape was a component of any community since, during the period when Old English …

Wild and unforgiving natural landscapes are well known to be the haunts of monsters in Old
English poetry, even by those who have not read much Anglo-Saxon literature. Less well …

This dissertation studies the diverse approaches to 'soldiering for Christ'in Anglo-Saxon
hagiographical narratives of warrior-saints. The investigation selects a group of four saints …

The four poems which contain the runic signature of the mysterious Old English poet
Cynewulf—entitled 'Christ II','Juliana','The Fates of the Apostles' and 'Elene'—as well as the …

In this thesis, I examine the Old English poem The Ruin and its treatment of the adversarial
relationship between the natural world and humanity. The poem is a meditation on the …

It has long been recognized that timber was the standard building material of the Anglo-
Saxon world. Surveys of Anglo-Saxon buildings have been dominated by timber halls with …