That Alcuin addressed to the monks of Lindisfarne the question,
'What has Ingeld to do with Christ?', is a much repeated dogma in
Old English studies; but in this book close examination of the
letter in question shows that it was addressed not to Lindisfarne
nor to a monastic community, but to a bishop in Mercia. That 'Ultan
the scribe' was responsible for some of the most lavishly
illuminated Anglo-Saxon manuscripts is shown to be another
untenable dogma. Fresh perspectives from interdisciplinary study:
the 'beasts-of-battle' typescenes which are characteristic of Old
English poetry are studied in the wider context of other European
literatures. The nasty Viking habit of murdering hostages by
throwing bones at them (as happened to St AElfeah) is illuminated
by a wide-ranging study of analogues in Scandinavian literatures.
Characteristic features of Aldhelm's enigmata are elucidated by the
study of Byzantine riddles, thereby revealing a link between
England and the Greek orient. The usual comprehensive bibliography
of the previous year's publications rounds off the book.
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