Seminar für Englische Philologie
Universität Göttingen
Here is a selective bibliography containing some important publications.
Contents:
1. The Historical Background
Forte, A., et al.,
Viking Empires (Cambridge, 2005)
Graham-Campbell, J., ed.,
Cultural Atlas of the Viking World (Abingdon, 1994)
Jones, G.,
A History of the Vikings, rev. ed. (Oxford, 1984)
Page, R. I.,
Chronicles of the Vikings (London, 2002)
Pulsiano, P., ed.,
Medieval Scandinavia: an Encyclopedia (New York, 1993)
Sawywer, P., ed.,
The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings (Oxford, 1997)
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2. The Old Norse Language
Gordon, E. V.,
An Introduction to Old Norse, 2nd ed., rev. A. V. Taylor (Oxford, 1956)
Valfells, S., and J. E. Cathy,
Old Icelandic: an Introductory Course (Oxford, 1981)
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3. The Literature of the Vikings
Baetke, W.,
Die Isländersaga (Darmstadt, 1974)
Ross, M. C.,
A History of Old Norse Poetry and Poetics (Woodbridge, 2005)
Taylor, P. B.,
Sharing Story: Medieval Norse-English Literary Relationships
(New York, 1998)
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4. The Influence of Old Norse on the Old English Language
Geipel, J.,
The Viking Legacy: the Scandinavian Influence on the English and Gaelic Languages (Newton Abbot, 1971)
Kastovsky, D.,
'Semantics and Vocabulary', in The Cambridge History of the English Language I, ed. R. Hogg (Cambridge, 1992), pp. 320-338.
Townend, M.,
Language and History in Viking Age England: Linguistic Relations between Speakers of Old Norse and Old English (Turnhout, 2002)
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5. The Pre-Alfredian Period and Ælfric's Life of St Edmund
Faulkner, M., et al. ed., Electronic Life of St Edmund
Winterbottom, M., ed.,
Three Lives of English Saints (Toronto, 1972)
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6. King Alfred and the Vikings in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Dumville, D., and S. Keynes, gen. ed., The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: a Collaborative Edition (Cambridge, 1983-)
Garmonsway, G. N., trans., The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (London, 1953)
Smith, A. H., ed., The Parker Chronicle 832-900, 2nd ed. (Exeter, 1980)
Swanton, M., trans., The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, rev ed. (London, 2000)
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7. The Reconquest and Battle of Brunanburh
Campbell, A., ed.,
The Battle of Brunanburh (London, 1938)
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8. The Battle of Maldon
Faulkner, M., et al. ed., Electronic Battle of Maldon
Scragg, D., ed.,
The Battle of Maldon AD 991 (Oxford, 1991)
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9. Wulfstan's Sermo Lupi ad Anglos
Bernstein, M., ed., Electronic Sermo Lupi ad Anglos
Whitelock, D., ed.,
Sermo Lupi ad Anglos, rev. ed. (Exeter, 1976)
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10. The Vikings in Post-Conquest Literature: Havelok the Dane
Herzman, R. B., et al., ed.,
Four Romances of England (Kalamazoo, MI, 1997)
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