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BACKGROUND Map Websites (see also Links) www.regia.org weapons etc www.pastperfect.org.uk/sites/yeavering … for overview of site of the royal centre www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/gildas-full (for Gildas in translation) www.suttonhoo.org (Sutton Hoo Society)
Old English Poems A Wife’s Lament; The Husband’s Message; Wulf and Eadwacer; The Wanderer; The Seafarer; The Ruin; Deor; Widsith; Men’s Talents; Men’s Fortunes; The Panther; Riddles…all these are in the Exeter Book (written down in late C10th). Richard Hamer’s book (see reading list) is very useful if you do not read Old English: the original is on one page, a translation on the one facing. Beowulf… available in various versions, including an especially good one by Seamus Heaney. For additional Background reading please take a look at our reading list PDF.
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