Anglo Saxon Verse

The first Saxon migration to the British Isles arrived in 449AD, after which a flourishing culture developed (Anglo-Saxon) - only ending with the Norman invasion in 1066.


Of all the Anglo-Saxon art remaining to us, their poetry is of the very highest literary quality, and provides a fantastic source of information about pre-Christian Germanic history, myth and culture.


Invaluable to students of both history and literature, this ebook of Epic and Heroic Anglo-Saxon Verse provides the complete collection (alongside the separate Epic Beowulf)


The content on this ebook is as follows:


 - Detailed Introduction

- Thorough Synopsis of each Poem

- Cynewulf's Elene

- Judith

- Athelstan, or The Fight at Brunanburh

- Byrhtnoth, or The Fight at Maldon

- The Dream of the Rood


This ebook has an interactive table of contents for ease of navigation.