The impact of the Norman conquest -- The discovery of Anglo-Saxon England in Tudor times -- British antiquaries and the Anglo-Saxon past -- The founding of a discipline 1600-1700 -- A period of consolidation 1700-1800 -- The Romantics and the discovery of Old English verse -- The triumph of philology -- Old English studies in North America -- Anglo-Saxon England and the empire.
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