Ideas of the World in Early Medieval English Literature

Edited by Francis Leneghan Edited by Mark Atherton Edited by Kazutomo Karasawa

Book cover: Ideas of the World in Early Medieval English Literature

Extent: 442 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Medieval Studies

Series: Studies in Old English Literature

Series volume number: 1

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2022)

ISBN: 9782503599571

Price: $144.00

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Across three thematically-linked sections, this volume charts the development of competing geographical, national, and imperial identities and communities in early medieval England. Literary works in Old English and Latin are considered alongside theological and historical texts from a range of disciplinary perspectives. Accounts of travel, foreign contacts, conversion, migration, landscape, nation, empire, and conquest are set within the continual flow of people and ideas from East to West, from continent to island and back, across the period. The fifteen contributors investigate how the early medieval English positioned themselves spatially and temporally in relation to their insular neighbours and other peoples and cultures. Several chapters explore the impact of Greek and Latin learning on Old English literature, while others extend the discussion beyond the parameters of Europe to consider connections with Asia and the Far East. Together these essays reflect ideas of inclusivity and exclusivity, connectivity and apartness, multiculturalism and insularity that shaped pre-Conquest England.

  • Edited by Francis Leneghan
  • Edited by Mark Atherton
  • Edited by Kazutomo Karasawa