Publisher's Synopsis
Throughout the Anglo-Saxon period, Latin and Old English were, to large extent, alternative literary languages. Latin Learning and English Lore is a collection of essays examining the complex co-existence of the two languages within the literary, historical, and cultural milieu of Anglo-Saxon England.
More than forty of the leading Anglo-Saxon scholars in the world today have contributed to this two-volume survey of the whole range of Anglo-Saxon Literature in honour of Michael Lapidge, one of the most productive, influential, and important figures of Anglo-Saxon studies in recent years. The contributors include a wide range of the Lapidge's former colleagues, students, and collaborators.
The essays in Latin Learning and English Lore cover material from the beginning of the Anglo-Saxon literary record in the late seventh century to the immediately post-Conquest period of the twelfth century. The volumes together provide an invaluable survey of the rich literature, history, and culture of the period as well as a selection of groundbreaking studies that offer a number of exciting possibilities for future research.
Volume One Contributors
George H. Brown David Dumville Michael Fox Roberta Frank R.D. Fulk Mary Garrison Helmut Gneuss Malcolm Godden Mechthild Gretsch Michael Herren Simon Keynes Leslie Lockett Andy Orchard Paul Remley Richard Sharpe Tom Shippey Patrick Sims-Williams Paul E. Szarmach Michael Winterbottom Charles D. Wright Neil Wright
Volume Two Contributors
Peter Baker Martha Bayless Robert E. Bjork Mary Clayton Antonette diPaolo Healey Thomas N. Hall Joyce Hill Nicholas Howe Peter Jackson Christopher A. Jones Patrizia Lendinara Roy Michael Liuzza Rosalind Love Richard Marsden Bruce Mitchell Katherine O'Brien O'Keeffe Oliver Padel Fred C. Robinson Katharine Scarfe-Beckett D.G. Scragg Jane Stevenson
