“Books Most Needful to Know”

Contexts for the Study of Anglo-Saxon England

Edited by Paul E. Szarmach Preface by Paul E. Szarmach By (author) Rosalind Love By (author) Richard Dance By (author) Máire Ní Mhaonaigh

Book cover: “Books Most Needful to Know”

Extent: 160 pages

Publisher: Medieval Institute Publications

Subjects: Literary Studies, Medieval Studies

Series: Old English Newsletter Subsidia

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(August 2016)

ISBN: 9781580441827

6.14 x 9.21 inches

Price: $24.95

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Books Most Needful to Know” is the newest edition in the Richard Rawlinson Center’s OEN Subsidia series. It includes essays covering topics such as Old English, Old Norse, Anglo-Latin literature, and Early Medieval Ireland.

Preface
1. Anglo-Latin Literature in the Foreground by Rosalind Love
2. North Sea Currents: Old English and Old Norse in Comparison and in Contact by Richard Dance
3. Légend hÉrenn: ''The Learning of Ireland'' in the Early Medieval Period by Máire Ní Mhaonaigh

Paul E. Szarmach is Emeritus Professor of English and Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University. He served a five-year term as Executive Director of the Medieval Academy of America and Editor of Speculum. Szarmach’s major field of study is Old English prose with special reference to Latin backgrounds.

  • Edited by Paul E. Szarmach
  • Preface by Paul E. Szarmach
  • By (author) Rosalind Love
  • By (author) Richard Dance
  • By (author) Máire Ní Mhaonaigh