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A series of genealogical charts of the major figures in the poem, annotated by event and line number. While based on the genealogical charts usually given at the back of Beowulf editions, I attempt here to provide a complete picture of all the named…

Scanned book.

Long ago in Oxford, Professor C. L. Wrenn and I conceived of placing “treasures of the ancient north” alongside the text of Beowulf. Our plan was to select museum photographs of Anglo-Saxon and early Scandinavian artifacts that would illustrate…

Oxford University English Faculty exam papers for Trinity Term, 1899

Oxford University English Faculty examination papers for Trinity Term, 1898.

Oxford University's Old English Coursepack. This online set of hypertext editions was designed for first-year undergraduates at Oxford to assist with the Mods 3a paper. It includes editions of 'The Dream of the Rood', 'The Battle of Maldon', 'The…

A handout breaking Beowulf down into a series of 'times' - i) the distant past; ii) just before the fight with Grendel (e.g. 20-50 years); iii) Danish episodes; iv) intervening period (50 years); v) time of Dragon, and future.

The handout breaks…

A series of recordings taken from various CDs produced by The Chaucer Studio. The Chaucer Studio has an extensive range of recordings across medieval literature and has a full catalogue and online ordering at…

Scanned book.