Anglo-Scandinavian England

by John D. Niles (Editor), Mark Amodio

The papers in this volume contribute to a more precise assessment of the interconnections between England and Scandinavia during the period from the establishment of the Danelaw to the Norman Conquest. The essays fall into three groups of history, myth, and the language of poetry. The Vikings and England; The Viking Policy of Ethelred the Unready; The Viking Policy of A Response; Ethelred II, Olaf Tryggvason, and the Conversion of Norway; Norse Mythology and Methodological Notes; Norse Mythology and A Response; Did Anglo-Saxon Audiences Have a Skaldic Tooth?; Skaldic Technique in Brunanburh ; and Maldon As It Really Was. Co-published with the Old English Colloquium.

Genres: Anglo Saxon

94 pages, Hardcover

First published February 27, 1989

Reviews

[Neil · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good but short selection of essays on Anglo-norse relations in the Danelaw. Three are on history, two on Norse myth and its relation to old English literature and sculpture. The next two essays are on traces of skaldic verse in the Old English Exodus, Beowulf and the chronicle poem the Battle of Brunanburh. The last section is a short comical text on the Battle of Maldon. Contributions are from John D Niles, Roberta Frank and John Lindow.