Reading list for essay question on Norse mythological material in Beowulf
Subject
Old Norse Literature
Description
Essay Title: ‘The incorporation of Norse mythological material in Beowulf is nothing more than a random assortment of half-remembered stories.’ Discuss.
St Edmund Memorial Coinage in the Ashmolean Museum
Subject
Coins - Danelaw
Description
Saint Edmund Memorial Coinage, produced in East Anglia 896-910 by the East-Anglian Vikings, and imitating coins produced during Edmund's reign. HCR7805 and HCR7803
Article about 'Understanding the Heysham Hogback' by Thor Ewing
Subject
Article
Description
Online article hosted on the website of writer and historian Thor Ewing giving his take on the tenth-century hogback from Heysham in Lancashire. Hogbacks - seemingly a distinctively Anglo-Norse style of grave marker - are some of the most discussed monuments of Viking Age England.
Knife blade with bone handle with incised ring and dot ornament and two bands of cross-hatching. More detail can be found at http://www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/
Creator
York Museums Trust
Source
York Museums Trust
Publisher
York Museums Trust
Date
13/11/2016
Contributor
Karen Holgate
Rights
Image courtesy of York Museums Trust :: http://yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk :: CC BY-SA 4.0