J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a major scholar of the English language, specializing in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford, he also wrote a number of stories, including most ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
A Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Food: Processing and Consumption
 An Excellent Study in Anglo-Saxon Food Preparation: This book is a comprehensive study on the variety, availability, preparation,and storage of food in the Anglo-Saxon period...it is the BEST treatise on the subject. As the Cook for an Anglo-Saxon re- [... more]
CDN$19.95
Amazon CA |
Howell D. Chickering
The first major poem in English literature, Beowulf tells the story of the life and death of the legendary hero Beowulf in his three great battles with supernatural monsters. The ideal Anglo-Saxon warrior-aristocrat, Beowulf is an example of the ... [... more]
Random House |
Dori Carter
The little, leafy town of Rancho Esperanza has been a perfect place to live for over a century-a bastion of good, solid, Anglo-Saxon, Republican money. These founding fathers built their gracious estates and country club and fondly called their ... [... more]
Random House |
Gareth Williams
Coins are among the most important sources of information for the Anglo-Saxon period. In addition to what they tell us about the Anglo-Saxon economy, the combination of inscriptions and images provide evidence about kingship, religion and ... [... more]
Random House |
Tastes of Anglo-Saxon England
Not for the Serious Food Scholar: I purchased this book for two reasons: to increase my collection of Early Period food resources and to support a fellow SCAdian. I hope that I succeeded in the latter, but was sorely disappointed in the former. Ms. [... more]
CDN$9.98
Amazon CA |
The Mead-Hall: The Feasting Tradition in Anglo-Saxon England
Time well spent: Focusing on the Anglo-Saxon institution of the mead-hall, the author leads us to a view of what may have been a basic building block of Germanic culture. While culling his evidence primarily from the wealth of A/S literature (which he [... more]
CDN$30.05
Amazon CA |
Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader in Prose and Verse
Good Beginner Book on Anglo-Saxon: A very good book for the beginner college student. The only problem I have with all the books on Anglo-Saxon is they are not layman friendly. They assume everyone one who is studying Old English has a degree. This [... more]
CDN$52.95
Amazon CA |
An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England
Excellent beginner-to-intermediate book for A-S England: "An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England, 2nd edition" (hereafter, IASE) by Peter Hunter Blair is exactly as it is titled. It is fairly thorough for an introductory book and would be well- [... more]
CDN$38.95
Amazon CA |
Britain Ad: A Quest for Arthur, England And the Anglo-saxons
Illuminating the "Dark Ages": You don't want to argue with Francis Pryor. Not because he's likely bigger than you, but because your array of supportive information may not be on the top line. Pryor is a digger, for facts and artefacts, and [... more]
CDN$40.10
Amazon CA |
The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology
beautiful renderings of the elegies: I bought this book in an old edition paperback form in Dublin because it contained the major elegies such as the Wanderer and the Seafarer. I ended up being extremely satisifed not only with the beautiful translation [... more]
CDN$10.95
Amazon CA |
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Ian Myles Slater on: A Great Replacement: "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" is the collective name for a whole set of chronicles, originally scattered across England. Arranged mainly year-by-year, they contain contemporary, or purportedly [... more]
CDN$45.15
Amazon CA |
