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Author:

Drout, Michael D. C., 1968-

Title:

The Anglo-Saxon world [CD book] / by Michael D.C. Drout.

Format:

[CD book] /

Publisher:

Recorded Books,

Copyright Date:

p2009

Description:

7 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (88 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.)

Subject:

Anglo-Saxons.
Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066.
English literature--Old English, ca. 450-1100--History and criticism.

Notes:

Professor Michael D.C. Drout, Wheaton College. Course guide includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

The Anglo-Saxons and their world -- Language and culture -- The migration and the Germanic past -- The conversion: the school of Theodore and Hadrian -- The "Golden Age" and the Venerable Bede: double monasteries, missionaries, conversion, and the making of beautiful books -- The Viking age: destruction and revival -- King Alfred and the rebuilding: the rescue and consolidation of a kingdom -- The years of reform -- Anglo-Saxon literature: Religious -- Anglo-Saxon literature: Personal, wisdom, and riddles -- Anglo-Saxon literature: Epic and heroic -- The Norman conquest and the end of Anglo-Saxon England -- From the Norman conquest to the Reformation: the use of Anglo-Saxon -- From Thomas Jefferson to Angelina Jolie: the long life of Anglo-Saxon.

Summary:

These 14 lectures examine the history, language, and societal adaptations of the Anglo-Saxons.

Series:

The modern scholar

ISBN:

1440706719 (course guide)
9781440706714 (course guide)
1440706700 (set)
9781440706707 (set)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)435767568

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)