Beowulf
Resources
Electronic Beowulf - electronic colour facsimile of Beowulf, Prof. Kevin Kiernan [Uni. of Kentucky] Wikipedia page on Beowulf - encyclopaedia entry - with hyperlinks etc.; entries in various languages (e.g., English, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, German, Japanese, Greek, Hebrew, French, Polish, Spanish, Portuguese, Esperanto etc.) Beowulf @ Uni. of Nevada (Reno) Libraries - good introduction to Beowulf [Uni. of Nevada (Reno)] Wuffing Kingdom of East Anglia - Dr Sam Newton's site on the Wuffing royals, East Anglia, Sutton Hoo & Beowulf (w/ many good photos) [Uni. of East Anglia] Beowulf: study guide - self-quiz, books, web-resources [R. Liuzza, Tulane Uni.] Uni. of Kentucky Beowulf-resources - resources for class ENG619 [K. Kiernan, Uni-Kentucky] Cambridge Encyclopedia entry for "Beowulf" - Scandinavian Traditions; Personality of the Hero; Origin & Antiquity of the Poem; &c., &c. Norton -- Linguistic & Literary Contexts of Beowulf: an overview - Beowulf in the canon of Eng. Lit. [Norton Anthology of Eng. Lit. Online] Louis Rodrigues's intro to Beowulf - 'What is Beowulf?' [@ jagular.com] Seamus Heaney's introduction to Beowulf - reproduced from Heaney's trans. [Norton online] Net-Lexicon.de: Beowulf - Definition, Bedeutung, Erklärung im Lexikon (auf deutsch) [German] Beowulf @ Susning.nu: Berättelse - introduktion (i Svensk) [Swedish] Beowulf - innledning - innledning på norsk [Norwegian] Beowulf - door Boppo Grimsma - goede introductie in Nederlandze [Dutch] Beowulf (tiscali.nl) - nog een introductie in Nederlandze [Dutch] Antenate: Beowulf - l'introduzione (nell'italiano) [Italian] 'Why Read Beowulf'? - article by Robert Yeager [National Endowment for the Humanities, US Gov't] Why Bother with Beowulf? - by Melissa Snell [@About.com] Charles W. Kennedy's intro. to Beowulf: the Oldest English Epic - excerpt [January Magazine] Beowulf: Outline and Notes [Jonathan A. Glenn / Uni. of Central Arkansas] The ORB: Introduction to Beowulf - basic intro. [Teresa P. Reed / Orb.net] Some Thoughts on Reading Beowulf - online lecture [Lynn Harry Nelson, Uni. of Kansas] Brunswick Eng. Class Beo. page - high-school level questions & resources [Brunswick Sch., Connecticut, USA] Fu Jen Uni. Beowulf page - notes, resources & study questions [Fu Jen Uni., Taiwan] Angelcynn: Historical Background of Beowulf - some notes [Ben Levine, Angelcynn.org.uk] Beowulf Splash Page - some info & images [Brian Kinkead, Uni. of Tennessee] Unity of Beowulf: Tolkien & the Critics - online essay on the essential coherency of the poem [Bill Ramey] Alliteration.net's page on Beowulf - excerpts of trans. & links Legends.dm page on Beowulf - brief intro. & links Bulfinch's Mythology: Beowulf - very basic entry at extremely easy reading-level Beowulf Rap-Port - connecting Contemporary Youth to Old English poetry; OE poetry & rap-music Beowulf, König Schild, Hrodgar - Beitragen [auf deutsch] Altenglisch-Beowulf @ Uni-Basel - [auf deutsch] Old English Newsletter Online Bibliography - searchable version of the annual OEN bibliography Beowulf Bibliography, 1963-2001 [Uni. of Memphis Libraries (Tennessee)] - link not working Beowulf Bibliography, 1979-2001 [Uni. of Connecticut] - link not working Beowulf Bibliography, 1990-2003 [Uni. of Kentucky] another Beowulf Bibliography [Jonathan A. Glenn / Uni. of Central Arkansas] Anglo-Saxon Studies: a Select Bibliography (3rd ed.) [C.P. Biggam, Bocgetæl Engliscra Gesiþa / BUBL (Strathclyde Uni., Glasgow)] Beowulf Artwork [@ heorot.dk] & links Beowulf Read Aloud - audio renderings in Old English/Anglo-Saxon: Benjamin Slade reads Beowulf in Old English - selected passages, my own readings in the original language [@ Jagular.com-Beowulf] Peter Baker reads Beowulf in Old English - selected passages in the original language [Uni. Virginia] Stephen Pollington reads Beowulf in Old English (Scyld Scefing's funeral) - selected passage in the original language [Ða Engliscan Gesiþas] B. Bagby's Beowulf info on performances (no audio online) B. Bagby's Beowulf, programme notes in Modern English (translation): Stephen Pollington reads Beowulf in translation - Scyld Scefing's funeral read from the Gummere translation [Ða Engliscan Gesiþas] Seamus Heaney reads Beowulf in translation - selected passages read from Heaney's own translation [Norton Online] Listings of Beowulf Readings available on CD (Compact Disc) - list & links to buy Beowulf Music The Water Burns - classical/Chinese music, inspired by Beowulf, composed by Joyce Beetuan Koh Beowulf Films Beowulf & Grendel - upcoming movie filmed on south coast of Iceland (Sturla Gunnarsson) The Blade of the King - another Beowulf movie (William Blesch) |
Other Beowulf editions
& translations
Annotated List of Beowulf Translations - from 1800-present day
Beowulf: Two Centuries of Translations, Paraphrases & Adaptations - intro. to above list of Beo. trans. [Marijane Osborn / Arizona Center for Medieval Studies & Renaissance Studies, Arizona State Uni.] Syd Allan's Beowulf site - alternative Beowulf translations compared Kiernan's Edition of Beowulf - Old English text (only) edition, based on Prof. Kiernan's important re-examination of the Beowulf MS. [Uni.-Kentucky] Köberl's dual-language (OE & mod. Eng.) edition - Dr. J. Köberl's ed. & trans. (Adobe .PDF file) [Uni.-Klagenfurt] Project Gutenberg's Beowulf - Harris & Sharp - online version of Harris & Sharp's 4th critical edition (1883) Beowulf in Hypertext - public domain OE text, Gummere translation, edited by Dr. Anne Savage [McMaster Uni.] Interlinear Beowulf - OE public domain text with interlinear translation (Gummere), [Uni. of Toronto] Prose Beowulf trans. by Child - in Adobe .pdf format [Clarence Griffin Child, York Uni.] Beowulf auf deutsch - OE text (Bolton/Wrenn) with facing German translation, [Uni-Düsseldorf] Beowulf in Nederlandze - proza - Dutch prose translation by Jan Jonk [in Dutch] Beowulf in Nederlandze - stafrijm - Dutch verse translation by Jan Jonk [in Dutch] Beowulf in Russian - Russian translation only Beowulf en español - traduccíon de Luis Lerate Beowulf, a new verse translation by Seamus Heaney - excerpts & reviews Beowulf 'aesthetic' translation - Tim Romano's artful (but expurgated) translation (in progress)-new English translation only, no OE Beowulf: el despertar de la épica germánica - con extractos de la traducción de Luis y Jesús Lerate [español] Beowulf: An Online Introduction - issues of modern eds. & trans. [L. Kip Wheeler, Carson-Newman College] |
Other Old English Texts & Anglo-Saxon Literary resources
(in progress)
Partial Listing of OE texts available online (heorot.dk)
Old English Text Archive - onsite OE texts, and links to other sites hosting OE poems [Georgetown Uni.] Old English Editions online - e-texts [Med. Inst.] Old English Manuscripts Database [John Herrington, Georgetown Uni.] some Old English texts, with hyperlink glossary [Norwegian Uni. Science & Tech.] Old English Literature (Intro & Resources) - good overview material [Dr. Scott DeGregorio, Uni. of Michigan-Dearborn] Bifrost - anglosassone - risorse di vario tipo per quanto riguarda l'Inghilterra del periodo anglosassone [Roberto Rosselli Del Turco, Università di Torino] ORB Introduction to Beowulf [Teresa Reed, the-ORB.net] ORB Introduction to Judith [Teresa Reed, the-ORB.net] ORB Introduction to the Exeter Book [Laura Blanchard & Carolyn Schriber, the-ORB.net] ORB Introduction to the Junius Manuscript [Laura Blanchard & Carolyn Schriber, the-ORB.net] ORB Introduction to the Vercelli Book [Laura Blanchard & Carolyn Schriber, the-ORB.net] Useful bibliography for Old English Literature Sources of Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture - [Western Michigan Uni. Medieval Center] Using Computer Technology to Teach Medieval Texts [Kathryn Wymer, Uni. N. Carolina] |
Old English & Old Germanic language/linguistic resources
Old English Newsletter (OEN) -
quarterly publication - news on teaching & research in the field of Anglo-Saxon studies [Medieval Inst., Western Michigan Uni.] Old English Bibliography: the First Fifty Titles to Know About - good listing [James Earl/Kip Wheeler; Carson-Newman College] The Electronic Introduction to Old English - An on-line analogue of book of same title (Peter S. Baker, Uni. of West. Michigan) Old English Grammar, Uni of Sydney - Sydney (Australia) Old English: an introductory course (online) - complete text [Murray McGillivray, Uni. of Calgary / the-Orb.net] Old English Paradigms - useful tables of OE noun, verb, pronoun, adjective paradigms [K. Kiernan, Uni.-Kentucky] King Alfred's Grammar - Old English language resource [Michael Drout, Wheaton College] Old English Made Easy - grammar resources & dictionary Online Old English Course - Uni. Calgary - Dr. Jenny McKenney's Online OE course [Uni. of Calgary] Altenglisch online - lernen altenglisch (auf deutsch) [Guillaume Schiltz, Uni-Basel] Hwaet! Old English in Context - Dr. Catherine Ball's online OE course, with audio files [Georgetown Uni.] Old English Aerobics - another online OE course [Uni. of Virginia] Instant Old English - an OE phrase-book by Dr. Ball [Georgetown Uni.] Folcspræc - Old English names and other resources Conversational Old English - more OE phrases by Mary K Savelli Dictionary of Old English Project - project for a new, exhaustive OE dictionary & corpus (Angus Cameron et al.) [Centre for Medieval Studies, Uni-Toronto] Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Dictionary - massive dictionary of Old English (1898) Bosworth's main dictionary scanned image files [K. Kiernan, Uni-Kentucky / digitalisation by S. Crist] Toller's supplement to dictionary scanned image files [K. Kiernan, Uni-Kentucky / digitalisation by S. Crist] Bright's Anglo-Saxon Glossary (OE->NE) - short glossary of OE [Uni. of Pennsylvania] Old English Glossary-Sydney [Uni. of Sydney (Australia)] A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary - scanned image files, John R. Clark Hall [Uni-Pennsylvania] OE -> Modern English dictionary [OE Made Easy] - (J.R. Johnson) Altenglisches W�rterbuch (Old English->German dictionary) altenglisch->deutsch [Gerhard K�bler] Variant Word/Phrase Search (Dictionary of Old English) - [DOE, Uni. of Toronto] Modern English to Old English Glossary - New English to Old English dictionary [Memorial Uni. of Newfoundland] Modern English -> OE dictionary [OE Made Easy] - (J.R. Johnson) Circolwyrde Wordhord - Prof. Carl Berkhout's (post)modern OE calques (ie 'random access memory' in OE) [Uni. of Arizona] Old English Flash Cards 1 - 1500 words (340K PDF) [York Uni. (Canada)] Old English Flash Cards 2 - 1500 words in 10th century script (360K PDF) [York Uni. (Canada)] Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic - Old Norse->English; Geir T. Zoëga (1910) [Sean Crist et al, Northvegr.org] Heyne's Gothic Dictionary - Gothic->Deutsch [Uni-Pennsylvania] Old High German Glossary - Old High German->modern English (Joseph Wright 1888) [Sean Crist, Uni-Pennsylvania] Altfriesisches W�rterbuch (Old Frisian->German dictionary) altfriesisch->deutsch [Gerhard K�bler] Althochdeutsches W�rterbuch (Old High German->German dictionary) - althochdeutsch->deutsch [Gerhard K�bler] Altniederfränkisches W�rterbuch (Old Low Frankish->German dictionary) - altniederfränkisch->deutsch [Gerhard K�bler] Altnordisches W�rterbuch (Old Norse->German dictionary) - altnordisch->deutsch [Gerhard K�bler] Altsächsisches W�rterbuch (Old Saxon->German dictionary) - altsächsisches->deutsch [Gerhard K�bler] Gotisches W�rterbuch (Gothic->German dictionary) - gotisch->deutsch [Gerhard K�bler] American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language - Appendix: Indo-European Roots Indo-European & the Indo-Europeans - introductory essay [Calvert Watkins] Indo-European Family of Languages - chart of linguistic affinities of the IE-languages Guide to App. I: Indo-European Roots of English [Calvert Watkins] - how to use the IE-root glossary (see below entry) Indo-European Root Index - index of IE-root forms [Calvert Watkins] Online Etymological Dictionary - useful free online etymological dictionary, for modern English [Douglas Harper] Fordsmender's Dictionary of Proto-Germanic Roots - English -> Proto-Germanic Wortschatz der Germanischen Spracheinheit - Fick, Falk & Torp (1909) [Sean Crist, Uni-Pennsylvania] The Norse Language (language of the Vikings, almost) - grammar & language-learning resources for Old Norse [Peter Pettersson] Old Norse for Beginners - free online course in Old Norse for beginners [Haukur Þorgeirsson & Óskar Guðlaugsson] GR Burgess's Old Norse Page - good resources [Uni. of Miami (Florida)] An Introduction to Gothic - language grammar and exercises [David Salo] A Brief Collection of Old High German (& Links) - Althochdeutsch resources [Brian Zahn / Springfield Public Schools, Montana] Proto-Germanic language - brief info page [Marisa Lohr] A Brief Germanic Linguistics page [Brian Zahn / Springfield Public Schools, Montana] North-Germanic to Western-Germanic References - mainly name correspondences between W. Germanic & Nordic [Hrodger Fr�jawin] Germanic Numerals - development of the numeral-words in Germanic langs. Lowlands-L - germanic languages of the low countries, e.g. Dutch, Frisian, Low Saxon *Þeuðiskôn - the Proto-Germanic project Great Vowel Shift [Melinda Menzer, Furman Uni.] Syntax of Old English Poetry - position of heads in noun and prepositional phrase [S. Pintzuk, Uni.-York] fuþorc & fuðark - Runic alphabets - excellent page at Omniglot.com Some Thoughts on the Origin of the Fuþark - [Stephen Pollington, Engliscan Gesiþas page] Die altenglischen Zaubersprüche - (auf deutsch [OE charms]) [Guillaume Schiltz, Uni-Basel] Zaubersprüche aus dem Mittelalter - (auf deutsch, [charms of the Middle Ages]) [Guillaume Schiltz, Uni-Basel] RuneScribe - convert roman into runic [Evert Mouw] Runic Founts - links to runic founts [Engliscan Gesiþas page] Thundrune's Free Fonts page - listing of Runic & scribal-calligraphy founts Arild Hauges Runes - great source of runic resources across the Germanic world (Norwegian & English) [Arild Hauge] Futhark - resources on Germanic runes Mál Viking - excellent online resource for Runic Old Swedish (English & modern Swedish versions) [Peter Pettersson] Runes around the North Sea and on the Continent AD 150-700; texts & contexts - online book (in PDF format) [Jantina Helena Looijenga / Uni. Groningen] Rune database Runes - another page on Anglo-Saxon runes Franks Casket - Dr. Alfred Becker's site w/ excellent images/info on the casket (English/deutsch) An English Dictionary of Runic Inscriptions in the Younger Futhark - corpus of inscriptions [Judith Jesch, Uni. of Nottingham] Rood & Ruthwell - Dr. A. Bruce's images & info of runic Ruthwell Cross [Florida Southern College] Metre: Building Blocks of Old English Poetry - some basic notes on OE poetic structure [M. Wendy Hennequin, Uni. of Connecticut] Glossary of Poetic Terms - guide for study of poetry, definition of term. [Robert G. Shubinski] Accentual Verse - basic introduction to the verse-type of Beo. & other OE poems [Dana Gioia] Bibliography of Germanic Alliterative Meters - Kari Ellen Gade & R.D. Fulk [W. Michigan Uni.] Corpora: York-Helsinki Parsed Corpus of Old English Poetry - selection of OE poetic texts, annotated to facilitate searches on lexical items and syntactic structure [Uni.-York / S. Pintzuk] York-Toronto-Helsinki Parsed Corpus of Old English Prose - 1.5 million word syntactically-annotated corpus of Old English prose texts [Uni.-York] Dictionary of Old English Corpus Society for Early English and Norse Electronic Texts |
General Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, Mediaeval resources
Trinity College Anglo-Saxon
Index
- Prof. S.D. Keynes' excellent
site [Trinity College, Cambridge]
ORB : Anglo-Saxon England - Online Reference Book of Medieval Studies resource page [Rhodes College] International Society of Anglo-Saxonists - founded in 1983 to further all aspects of Anglo-Saxon studies Richard Rawlinson Center Anglo-Saxon & Manuscript Research - fosters teaching and research in the history and culture of Anglo-Saxon England and in the broader field of manuscript studies; online resources [Western Michigan Uni.] Haskins Society - international scholarly organization dedicated to the study of Viking, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, & early Angevin history [Cornell Uni.] Anglo-Saxon links of The Heroic Age - A-S resources of the online journal The Heroic Age TOEBI Internet Resources - Teachers of Old English in Britain & Ireland internet resource page [Oxford Uni.] VoS Anglo-Saxon page - Voice of the Shuttle (VoS) A-S resources [Uni. of California, Santa Barbara] Anglo-Saxon Sources [Medieval Studies] - resources & links [Stanford Uni.] Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto Anglo-Saxon Studies: a select bibliography [C.P. Biggam, BUBL] ANSAX-l Database- the archives of the ANSAX listserver & guide to joining ANSAX-l [QE2 Lib., St. John's, Memorial Uni. of Newfoundland] Gegaderung, forum þara engliscan gesiða - forum for Ða Englisc Gesiðas association & discussion of A-S related topics The Boar's Helm Pub - Open Forum for discussion of Beowulf & related topics Theudawurdò (Words of the Tribe) - Germanic-L for Discussion of the Early Germanic Peoples Germanic History Clique - community of Germanic-related sites [Evert Mouw] Wiðowinde periodical - journal of ða Englisc Gesiðas (some avail. online) The Heroic Age - online journal of mediaeval northwestern Europe [Memorial Uni. of Newfoundland] Maþeliende - online journal of A-S studies [Uni. of Georgia] Dragons in the Sky - English communities at millennia-ends, ed. Prof. Patrick Conner, Dr. Stuart Lee [Oxford Uni.] Ura Tide / Our Times - tracking Anglo-Saxon literature & culture in the mass media Æstel - Journal of Medieval & Renaissance Studies, Uni.-Seattle, Washington Envoi - journal, mainly reviews The Digital Medievalist Project - community of practice for medievalists working with gigital media [Uni.-Lethbridge] What Every Medievalist Should Know - great basic resource [James Marchand, Uni-Illinois Urbana-Champaign / the-ORB.net] Medieval Institute at Western Michigan University - established in 1961 as a center of instruction and research in the history and culture of the Middle Ages Medieval Academy of America - founded in 1925 Internet Resources for Medievalists [Columbia Uni.] A Basic Bibliography in Medieval History [Columbia Uni.] The Labyrinth: resources for medieval studies [Georgetown Uni.] Early Medieval Resources for Britain, Ireland and Brittany - [Michelle Ziegler] Medieval Monsters, images - in the Wonders of the East and other mss. [Heather McAlpine, Uni. of W. Ontario] |
Anglo-Saxon, Viking, & Germanic History
& Culture
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
in Old English - MS A only, (Toby Jebson), [Georgetown Uni.] in New English translation - Rev. Ingram (1823), trans, (Douglas Killings, ed.) [Uni.-California, Berkeley] Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum ( Ecclesiastical History of the English People ) in Latin - none available online in Old English translation - none available online in New English translation - (Alexander Pyle/Paul Halsall), [Fordham Uni.-NYC Jesuit Uni.] Tacitus's Germania in Latin - (Brian Kleeman), [Uni. of Alabama-Huntsville] in New English translation - Church/Brodribb/Gordon, trans, (Paul Halsall), [Fordham Uni-NYC Jesuit U.] auf deutsche Übersetzung - [Nordische Zeitung] Snorre Sturluson's Heimskringla ( The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway) in Old Norse - none available online in New English translation - Samuel Laing, trans, (Douglas Killings, ed), [Uni.-California, Berkeley] Saxo Grammaticus's Gesta Danorum (History of the Danes ) in Latin - [Det Kongelige Biblotek (Danish Royal Library)] in New English translation - Oliver Elton, trans, (Douglas Killings, ed.), [Uni-California, Berkeley] Ibn Fadlán's Risala (Arab chronicler's 10th-c. account of the Rús Northmen) in Arabic - none available online in New English translation - excerpts from Smyser's translation [Uni. of Washington] of related interest: The Naming of Russia - Viking Rús & the naming of Russia [Håkon Stang, Meddelelser nr. 77 (1996)] Monumenta Germaniae Historica - die historischen Quellen des europäischen Mittelalters in kritischen Textausgaben herauszugeben und durch Untersuchungen zu erschließen (auf deutsch) Guide for Users of Monumenta Germaniae Historica (in English) [Columbia Uni.] Sources of English Constitutional History - by F.G. Marcham [@ constitution.org] The Germanic World - Prof. Ashliman's page of resources & links Euroatlas - excellent political maps of Europe from 1 AD - 2000 AD [Christos Nüssli - Euratlas] Maps of the Early Medieval Period (400-1300 A.D.) [Henry Davis Consulting] Tidunge on Englisce - New Anglo-Saxon Chronicle - present-day news and events translated into Old English by A. Appleyard & various contributors [Anthony Appleyard & Michel van der Hoek] Ða Engliscan Gesiþas - devoted to all aspects of the A-S period Regia Anglorum - A-S, Viking, Norman, British living history Angelcynn - Anglo-Saxon living history 400-900 AD, (Ben Levick) Anglo-Saxons.net - England c.450-1066 in a Nutshell (Sean Miller) History of Anglo-Saxon England - very good page on A-S history, (William Bakken), [Minnesota State Uni.] BBC Timeline - England, Saxons & Scandinavians (410-1065) - resources & information [BBC Online] Medieval England (text) - complete book online, from fall of the Romans to War of the Roses [Steven Muhlberger / the-ORB.net] Wuffing Kingdom of East Anglia - Dr Newton's page on the Wuffing royals of East Anglia Mercian history page 5th century Anglia - way of life of the 5th-c. Anglian emigrants The Heruls - detailed article on the mysterious East Germanic tribe (Troels Brandt) [English/Dansk] F�rderverein der Langobardenwerkstatt - Zethlingen/Altmark e.V. - Langobards/Lombards (auf deutsch) Germanen: Unterwegs zu h�herer Zivilisation - (auf deutsch) [Hermann Ament] Folk Customs & Ancient Places in Mercia - info & photos on ancient Mercia, (Linda Hardy, Nic Broomhead) English Place-Name Society - [University of Nottingham] Anglo-Saxon Monarchs - on the official British Monarchy site Directory of Royal Genealogical Data - database of the genealogy of the British Royal family [Brian Tompsett, Uni. of Hull] Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms & King lists - very useful tabulated information [Kessler Associates/historyfiles.co.uk] Wulfing genealogy: (Sam Newton) Wulfings' Who was Who - main index for Wuffing genealogies Section A: The Upper Reaches of the Wuffing Genealogy The House of Wuffa to the mid-eighth century A Regnal List of the Later East Anglian Kings The Anglo-Saxon Calendar - information [Engliscan Gesiþas page] Historical Atlas of Europe - various maps and related resources antique maps of Iceland Reginheim - lots of resources on Germanic culture & history [Ansuzharjaz] Ulfhednar Germanien - early Germanic re-enactment & cultural resources Who Was Who in Roman Times: Germania - some useful bits of brief info Bibliotheca Germanica - site focussing on history & culture in early Europe, esp. 'Germania' [Cornelia Lucilla] Anglo-Saxon Culture: an online guide - brief essays on culture, religion, language, literature, etc. [Grad. Dept. of English, Uni. Toronto] J�rmungrund - Old Icelandic literature, primarily Eddaic & Skaldic poetry Medieval Scandinavia - history, images & more! The Viking Network (Yngve Skråmm), [Royal Norwegian Ministry of Education, Research & Church Affairs] Viking Heritage - good resource page Viking topics - very good Viking link page, (Lars Jansson), [Chalmers Uni. of Tech.] The Viking Answer Lady - various articles on aspects of Viking culture Viking Women - role & life of Viking women [Judith Jesch, BBC online] Viking Gate Fryslân Side - History of the Frisians Lex Frisionum - Frisian book of law [Kees Nieuwenhuijsen] Orkneyjar: heritage of the Orkney islands - history, folklore, etc. West Stow Village - reconstruction of an Anglo-Saxon village in St Edmunds Borough, Suffolk Panoramic view of West Stow village - interactive page at BBC Yeavering Bell - site of King Edwin's great hall (Northumberland) Jorvik Viking Centre - reconstuction of a 10th-c. Viking village in York Trelleborg Viking Fortress - museum & remains of a Viking fortress, West Zealand Voss Hall (Norway) - images of wooden hall hall built 1250 ca. Ghost Ship of the Wuffings - images & replicas [S. Newton] Viking Replica Ships - a worldwide comprehensive list British Columbia's Viking Ship project - building a replica of replica of the famous Gokstad Ship - images Longship Company - replica Viking ships (Maryland, USA) Ship-building Links Viking Ship Museum - Oslo Historiska Museet (The Museum of National Antiquities in Sweden) Vitlycke Museum (Sweden) Vinland: Vikings in America - Prof. D.L. Ashliman's site [Uni. of Pittsburgh] Viking Gotland - Information about Viking in the Baltic island of Gotland Gotland, Pearl of the Baltic - info/history on the Scandinavian island, including a Beowulf-connexion (Tore Gannholm) Orkneyjar: the heritage of the orkney islands - comprehensive site Sutton Hoo - Official site for Sutton Hoo, home of famous E. Anglian ship-burial National Trust : Sutton Hoo - great site for students on the famous ship-burial site National Trust - SH treasures - images of the SH artefacts, some have rotable views National Trust - SH artefact burial, mound 1 - explore the original arrangemet of treasures National Trust - SH panorama - virtual tour of the SH burial ground National Trust - 'Mrs Pretty's Dream' - dramatisation of the discovery at Sutton Hoo British Museum - artefacts of Anglo-Saxon England - British Museum official site, good photos British Museum - Viking artefacts - British Museum official site, good photos East Anglian Archaeology - official site Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History - official site BRITARCH-l: British archaeology discussion list Council for British Archaeology - online research reports Current Archaeology - Timeline Wuffings' Sutton Hoo - Dr. Newton's informative Sutton Hoo page - with great photos! Anglo-Saxon Archaeology Links - [Uni. of Glasgow] Anglo-Saxon Objects - Prof. S.D. Keynes' excellent page of A-S artefact images [Trinity, Cam. Uni.] Old English Art & Artifacts - links to online images [C. Ball / Georgetown Uni.] another Sutton Hoo page - images Panoramic view of Sutton Hoo - interactive page at BBC Franks Casket - Dr. Alfred Becker's site w/ excellent images/info on the casket (English/deutsch) Rood & Ruthwell - Dr. A. Bruce's images & info of runic Ruthwell Cross [Florida Southern College] Anglo-Saxon Pottery - images @ PotWeb [Ashmolean Museum, Oxford] Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture [in progress] - [@ Uni. of Durham] Corpus of Insular, Anglo-Saxon, and Early Anglo-Norman Manuscript Art Burning the Viking Galley at Shetlands - Up Helly Aa festival, photos Portable Antiquities Find Database - British Museum online database of archaelogical finds Shops Nordic Arts - importer of Anglo-Saxon, Viking & Scandinavian arts and crafts The Viking Trader - various products; North American distributor of Danish museum reproduction jewellery (of Turm A/S) Vikings and Saxons Artefacts & Coins - dealer in Anglo-Saxon and Viking period artefacts Talbot's Fine Accessories - Anglo-Saxon/Viking real artefacts and replica jewellery Weapons & Warfare
VikingSword.com
- extensive info + photos of swords, incl.
Anglo-Saxon/Germanic [Lee A. Jones]
VikingSword - Mediaeval Sword Virtual Museum - from Germanic migration to Middle Ages VikingSword - Blade Patterns Intrinsic to Steel-Edged Weapons - including pattern-welding VikingSword - Serpent in the Sword: pattern-welding - online article [Lee A. Jones] VikingSword - Norwegian Viking Swords - J. Petesen/Kristin Noer (trans.) - online book From Rapier to Langsax: Sword Structure in the British Isles in the Bronze and Iron Ages - very good article on physical structure of swords, primarily in the British Isles [Niko Silvester, Vikingsword.com] 'Manor of Drengham' - Anglo-Saxon warfare & weaponry [@ Regia Anglorum] Tour an Anglo-Saxon Sword - graphical 'tour' of an A-S sword [Inst. of Archaelogy, Oxford Uni.] Steel, Metal-Working, Damascene techniques - Pages of Prof. H. F�ll (highly recommended) Brief History of Steel A Cross-Linked Glossary of Some Terms from the History of Metal Working Damascene Technique in Metal Working - a personal remark [Chair of Allgemeine Materialwissenschaft [General Materials Science], Christian-Albrechts-University von Kiel: Prof. Dr. Helmut F�ll] The Road to Damascus: Sorting Modern Pattern Welding from Myth & Legend [Kevin R. Cashen / Swordforum.com] Method of making Steel in the style of Damascus written in 1771 by Jean Jacques Perret - concerning 'mechanical damascus'=pattern-welding (English trans.) Halvgrimr's Viking/PreViking Helm Presentation/Webpage - [Robb Schuster, Uni. of Missouri] John Piscopo Swords - Swords & Bayonets, WWI back to the Bronze Age The Oakeshott Institute - website on the research of the late sword-expert, Ewart Oakeshott Norse Bog Iron production - obtaining iron in the Viking-age [@ hurstwic.org] Archaeometallurgy, experimental bloomery iron making in Tranemo (Sweden) - Viking-age metallurgy Academy of European Mediaeval Martial Arts Journal of Western Martial Art Battle of Maldon - many resources on the battle & its poem [Wilfrid Berridge] Maldon images - photographs of Maldon [M. Hanly, Washington State Uni.] the Battle of Maldon, 991AD - resources on the poem [AirFlow Design] The Battle of Maldon - information on the poem [Arnie Sanders, Goucher College] The Battle of Maldon (translation) [Jonathan Glenn, Uni. of Central Arkansas] Notes on the Battle of Maldon [Jonathan Glenn, Uni. of Central Arkansas] Wuffings East Anglia: Battle of Maldon [Sam Newton, Uni. of East Anglia] CLIO: Battle of Maldon ('Imogen', Dickson College] A Bibliography for Battle of Maldon [Wendy E. J. Collier, Uni. W. Michigan] Forums (fora) for Anglo-Saxon/Germanic/Mediaeval Sword & Weaponry discussion Sword Forum - blades from all the world, including mediaeval/germanic blades Mediaeval European Swords Forum at vikingsword.com Ancient Weapons forum The Crucible - online forum about smithing Norman Invasion: Essential Norman Conquest - many interactive graphical resources on the history of the Norman Invasion Conquest & Resistance: England 1066-1088 - English resistance to Norman invasion [Geoff Boxell] Digital Bayeaux Tapestry Page - tells visual story of William I, Norman king at Battle of Hastings [Martin Kennedy Foys, Hood College] What if Harold Won at Hastings? - somewhat humorous alternate history [Alison Brooks/David Flin] Norman Invasion directory at Google/DMOZ.org - many links Domesday Book Online - 'census' taken by William I of his new English holdings Domesday Explorer Web Site - another page on Domesday books |
Anglo-Saxon Religion
Anglo-Saxon Heathenism
- very informative page on
pre-Christian A-S religion
Angelseaxisce Ealdriht - page on modern A-S paganism Geleafawær Fyrn Séde - (Fyrn Séde - 'Old Ways') covenant of A-S heathenry: forum & other resources Nehalennia - page on this Germanic goddess Germanic Goddesses - info on teutonic goddesses(Arlea Æðelwyrd Hunt-Anschütz) [Germanic Heritage pages] Anglo-Saxon Pagan Resources Irminen-Gesellschaft - Germanic paganism & resources Nordic Magic Healing - runes, magic; includes discussion of Þórsdrápa Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation - Eng. translation (P. Halsall), [Fordham Uni.-NYC Jesuit Uni.] Bede.net - Venerable Bede resource page (Dr. Stephen Harris, Dr. Scott DeGregorio) Bede web-links Bede's Explanation of the Apocalypse of John Latin & (modern) English text [John William Houghton, Episcopal High School of Baton Rouge] The discovery of Anglo-Saxon churches - images & info [The Ecclesiological Society] Anglo-Saxon Church Links - Dave Beard's (MA) page of A-S church links Ecclesiology - A Short Course on the Medieval Church [Yuri Koszarycz, the-ORB.net] English local history links/image (churches) - images of some A-S churches [Dave Postles, Uni. of Leicester] Anglo-Saxon Monasticism - Dr. Deborah Vess's page [Georgia College & State Uni.] Umilta/Godfriends' Pages - mediaeval anchoresses, faith, handcrafts + more (Prof. Julia Bolton Holloway, H.F.) Apocalyptic Ideas in Old English Literature - Carolin Esser's apocalypse page, lit. & images [Heinrich-Heine-Uni.] 'Beowulf, Apocalypse & Iconography' - apocalyptic ideas in Beo. [Zacharias Thundy, Northern Michigan Uni.] Visio Pauli - OE Vision of St.Paul, trans. D. Donoghue The Cross in Anglo-Saxon England - Dr. Karen Jolly, [Uni. of Hawai'i, Manoa] Rood & Ruthwell - Dr. A. Bruce's images & info of runic Ruthwell Cross [Florida Southern College] Project Wulfila - electronic edition of Wulfila's bible, with Gothic text & translation [Tom De Herdt, Uni-Antwerp] Orthodox England - English Orthodox Church information England - Christian Heritage Links New Testament Apocrypha - texts & resources online [comparative-religion.com] Ethiopic Apocalypse of Enoch (Enoch I) - brief intro to this OT apocryphic text by Derek A. Olsen Lord's Prayer in Old English - Matthew 6:9-13, with audio reading [C. Ball, Georgetown Uni.] Lord's Prayer read in 3 OE dialects - S. Pollington reads in Mercian, Northumbrian & West-Saxon Lord's Prayer in various Germanic Languages [C. Ball, Georgetown Uni.] Polyglot Bible - entire Gospel of Luke in 30 languages, including OE [M. Davies, Brigham Young Uni.] |
Mediaeval Manuscript Production
Old English Manuscripts Database [John Herrington, Georgetown Uni.]
Corpus of Insular, Anglo-Saxon, and Early Anglo-Norman Manuscript Art Threo Gid - the art project of the hand-made book - recreation of OE mss. Early Manuscripts at Oxford University - Fantastic Site! digital facsimiles of complete mss., including the Julius MS [Oxford Uni.] Digital Library - Cambridge University Library British Library's Digital Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts Bodleian Library: images of Western manuscripts to c.1500 - online images of mss. [Bodleian Lib., Oxford Uni.] Online Images of Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts [Carl T. Berkhout / Uni. of Arizona] Anglo-Saxon folio images Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image - [Uni of Pennsylvania Library] DScriptorium - devoted to collecting, storing and distributing digital images of Medieval manuscripts [Jesse D. Hurlbut, Brigham Young Uni.] Digital Scriptorium (Berkeley) - an image database of dated & datable mediaeval & renaissance manuscripts [Uni-California, Berkeley] Hill Monastic Manuscript Library [Saint John's University, Minnesota] Paging Through Medieval Lives: Illumination and Calligraphy From Selected Collections [Elizabeth Peterson, Uni. of Utah] National Archives [Kew, Surrey] Lindisfarne Gospels .org - resources & links Diocese of Durham: Lindisfarne Gospels page - images, etc. Lindisfarne Gospels - brief info [British Library] Lindisfarne Gospels Tour [British Library] Aberdeen Bestiary Online [Aberdeen Uni.] Illuminierte Handschriften aus �sterreich (ca. 780 - ca. 1250) (auf deutsch) [Friedrich Simader, Uni.-Wien] Book of Kells [Trinity College Library (Dublin)] St. John's Bible Project - producing a modern-day illuminated Bible [St. John's Uni., Minnesota] Edward Johnston Foundation Ductus - an online course in paleography - [Uni. of Melbourne] Mediaeval Paleography - online resources for an M.A. course [Dave Postles, Uni. of Leicester] Bob Peckham's list of Paleography and MSS URLs links to online resources [Uni-Washington] Paleography & Codicology: Introductory Bibliography [Martin Irvine, Georgetown Uni./Labyrinth] Medieval Writing - history, heritage & data source - extensive resource (Dr. Dianne Tillotson) Mediaeval Book Prodution - parchment, paper, ink, ruling, pigments, binding & more [Central European Uni.] Medieval and Renaissance Book Production - Richard Clement [ORB, Rhodes College] About Medieval Manuscripts - focus on illuminated mss [Paulus Swaen, Old Maps & Prints] Old English Libraries: the Making, Collection, & Use of Books - by Ernest A. Savage, free online book [@ bookrags.com] Centre for the History of the Book - at Edinburgh Uni. Map of Carolingian Writing Centres [Uni. of Pennsylvania] Guild of Book-Workers [Stanford Uni., Calif.] Thundrune's Free Fonts page - listing of Runic & scribal-calligraphy founts Gall Ink - characteristics and preparation of gall inks ['Maison de Nevelle'] British Plant Gall Society - info on 'galls', used in ink production Iron Gall Ink Corrosion Website - [European Comm. of Preservation & Access, Amsterdam] |
Anglo-Saxon Leisure, Food, Drink, Medicine & Science
Anglo-Saxon Cookery
- Anglo-Saxon recipes (quite tasty actually!)
[Carnegie Mellon Uni.]
Got Mead? *The* site for mead information - Gotmead.com is the largest collection of information about mead on the internet. Recipes, articles, sources for supplies and commercial mead, and much more... How to Make a Mead-Horn - good tutorial [Wiðowinde, Karl Wittwer] Talisman Farm Mead - great page - mead faq, mead listserver Intro to Mead Making - basic info, (Arlea Æðelwyrd Hunt-Anschütz) [Germanic Heritage pages] An Analysis of Mead - scholarly paper on mead-making & the properties of mead (D. McConnell & K. Schramm) The Meadery - more mead resources Mead Made Complicated - M. Bouville's page on mead-making [Uni. of Michigan] (English) L'hydre au miel - M. Bouville (en français) Hydromel.com - hydromel/mead (en français) Honeywine.com - more mead stuff Mead HQ - online mead magazine Herstellung von Met (Honigwein) - (auf deutsch) Honigwein - Wein für Ihre Vinothek - (auf deutsch) Anglo-Saxon Herb & Wort Lore - alphabetical listings [Ealdriht.org] Medieval Science Page - medieval science, both in western & other cultures [James McNelis] Study of Language in Anglo-Saxon era - brief online report on A-S research in 'linguistics', Sarah Crellin [Uni.-Toronto] Tæfl - Northern Board Game - fascinating chess-like A-S/Viking board-game [B. Slade] Some Exeter Book Riddles - trans, L.A. Hood [Germanic Heritage pages] The Anglo-Saxon Hearpe - good online article on A-S lyre/harp [Wiðowinde, Peter C. Horn] Simon's Anglo-Saxon Music Page - info on A-S music & instruments Hexachords, solmization, & musica ficta - music theory for 6-string lyre & other early instruments Theod Harps - germanic harps for sale The Saxon Lyre - history, how-to-make, technique (Greg & Carolyn Priest-Dorman) [Vasser Uni.] The Aurochs - great (extinct) bulls of Northern Europe [Steve's Hodge-Page] Wild Boar in Britain - after 300 years, wild boar once more in UK, lots of info Grendel's Cave: legend of Beowulf - some sort of online game |
Mythology, Epic, Misc.
Encylopedia Mythica - online encyl. for myth, legend, folklore, etc.
Legends.dm.net - balladry, fiction & film : Robin Hood, King Arthur, D'Artagnan & more Nemorensis.net - anthropology of mythology Georges Dum�zil discussion group - on comparative Indo-European mythology Indo-European Documentation Centre - many IE resources [Uni. of Texas-Austin] Journal of Indo-European Studies Joseph Campbell Foundation - centred on the works of the comparative mythologist Joseph Campbell Mythic Crossroads - links to legend & mythology sites Reviews of Epic Literature - [Jeremy M. Downes / Auburn Uni.] Serbian Epic Poetry - continuing oral tradition of the Balkans; Kosovo cycle [Mark Lew] Monomyth Website - themes of epic, analysis of Ramayana, Sunjata, Yamato [UC Berkeley] Dragon Stories -- An Annotated List Dragons in Art and on the Web Sommerland - dragon artwork, information & rpg Online Bibliography of Old Germanic Metre - [Robert Fulk, W. Michigan Uni.] Oral Traditions - journal/info on oral-traditional poetry |