Old English se: from demonstrative to article
Contributing to the ongoing debate about the existence of a definite article in Old English, the present thesis discusses patterns of nominal determination in Old English and their influence on the phenomenon of the emergence of the category ‘article’
HASKINS CONFERENCE: Public and Private Audiences: Reflections on the Anglo-Saxon Archive of Bury St. Edmunds Abbey in Suffolk
This paper focused on the Anglo-Saxon writs, and charters of Bury St. Edmunds.
Two historical riddles of the Old English Exeter Book
Exeter Cathedral Library MS. 3501, known as Codex Exoniensis or, more commonly, the Exeter Book, is perhaps the most important surviving literary manuscript from the Anglo-Saxon period of roughly 600–1066 AD
Indecent bodies: gender and the monstrous in medieval English literature
Indecent bodies: gender and the monstrous in medieval English literature Oswald, Dana Morgan Thesis: Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, English, (2005) Abstract While…
Grendel’s Mother in the context of the myth of the Woman in the Water
Grendel’s Mother in the context of the myth of the Woman in the Water By Charlotte Elizabeth Ball Master’s thesis, University of Birmingham,…
Virginity and the married-virgin saints in Ælfric’s Lives of Saints: the translation of an ideal
Virginity and the married-virgin saints in Ælfric’s Lives of Saints: the translation of an ideal Smith, Liesl Ruth Thesis: Doctor of Philosophy,Graduate Department…
Gender, Corporeality and Christianity in the Old English Judith, Juliana and Elene
Gender, Corporeality and Christianity in the Old English Judith, Juliana and Elene Chenard , Marianne Alicia Malo (University of Alberta) M.A Thesis (English),…
Bridging the Gap: Finding a Valkyrie in a Riddle
Bridging the Gap: Finding a Valkyrie in a Riddle Culver, Jennifer (University of North Texas) M.A. Thesis, University of North Texas, May (2007)…
Linguistic politeness in Anglo-Saxon England? A study of Old English address terms
Linguistic politeness in Anglo-Saxon England? A study of Old English address terms By Thomas Kohnen Journal of Historical Pragmatics, Vol. 9:1 (2008) Abstract:…
Grendel: A Manifestation of Medieval Fears
Grendel: A Manifestation of Medieval Fears By Deanna Briscoe Afternoons of Alterity: A Codex of the Medieval and the Monstrous (2011) Introduction: Many…
Fragments of Boethius: the reconstruction of the Cotton manuscript of the Alfredian text
Fragments of Boethius: the reconstruction of the Cotton manuscript of the Alfredian text Irvine, Susan Anglo-Saxon England, 34 (2005) Abstract ‘These fragments I have…
The Trumpet and the Wolf: Noises of Battle in Old English Poetry
The Trumpet and the Wolf: Noises of Battle in Old English Poetry By Alice Jorgensen Oral Tradition, Vol.24:2 (2009) Introduction: Battle and warfare…
The Dream of the Rood and the Image of Christ in the Early Middle Ages
The Dream of the Rood and the Image of Christ in the Early Middle Ages By Jeannette C Brock The Hanover Historical Review,…
Female Characters in Beowulf
They are neither passive nor powerless – they are actively struggling to define their place in the heroic world and their efforts are in many respects successful.
Monstrosity in Old English and Old Icelandic Literature
The purpose of this thesis is to examine Old English and Old Icelandic literary examples of monstrosity from a modern theoretical perspective.
The medieval English begging poem
The medieval English begging poem By Dave Henderson PhD Dissertation, University of Missouri, 2008 Abstract: Since the only consistent feature of medieval English…
From Eve To Eve: Women’s Dreaming In The Middle Ages And Renaissance
In fictionalized accounts of women’s dreams from Old and Middle English texts, women’s dreams are repeatedly connected with the concept of deception, portraying the woman dreamer in the position of deceived, deceiver, or both.
The Crux Gemmata and Shifting Significances of the Cross in Insular Art
The Crux Gemmata and Shifting Significances of the Cross in Insular Art Schweitzer, Ilse Marginalia, Vol.3 (2006) Abstract This image of the triumphant…
From Trial to Text
From Trial to Text de Hamel, Dr. Christopher Marginalia, Vol.5 (2007) Abstract MS 147 in the Parker Library at Corpus Christi College was…
Seventh Annual ASSC Graduate Student Conference – “Crisis of Categorization”
SESSION 1: Transhistorical Anglo-Saxon England “Where They Please: The Punctuation of Old English Poetry” Eric Weiskott (Yale University) This paper examined the use…
At the Borders of Medicine and Magic: A New Work by Ælfric?
At the Borders of Medicine and Magic: A New Work by Ælfric? By Richard Shaw (University of Toronto) Paper given at the Anglo-Saxon Studies…
Anglo-Saxon Studies Colloquium
Anglo-Saxon Studies Colloquium – Seventh Annual ASSC Graduate Student Conference Held at the University of Toronto February 12, 2011 Nine papers were presented…
The Old English Judith: Can a Woman be a Hero?
The Old English Judith: Can a Woman be a Hero? Guenther, Kelly York Medieval Yearbook, ISSUE No. 1, (2002) Abstract The Old English Judith…
The Elements of Anglo-Saxon Wisdom Poetry in the Exeter Book Riddles
The Elements of Anglo-Saxon Wisdom Poetry in the Exeter Book Riddles By Rafal Boryslawski Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, Vol. 38 (2002) Abstract: This paper…
Monstrous Conversions: Recovering the Sacramental Bodies of The Passion of St. Christopher
This article examines the monstrous attributes of the dog-headed St. Christopher and his struggle to convert the pagan king Dagnus in the Old English Passion of St. Christopher.