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Book SynopsisThe contributions to the forty-seventh volume of Anglo-Saxon England focus on various aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture and history across a period from the sixth to the thirteenth century, from skaldic art at Cnut's court to the Germanic context of Beowulf. Each article is preceded by a short abstract.
Table of ContentsList of illustrations; List of abbreviations; 1. Record of the eighteenth conference of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists, at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 31 July‒4 August 2017; 2. An edition of the four sermons attributed to Candidus Witto Christopher A. Jones; 3. Extra alliteration on stressed syllables in Old English poetry: types, uses and evolution Mark Griffith; 4. Sworn swords: the Germanic context of Beowulf 2064, aðsweord Benjamin D. Weber; 5. A taste for knottiness: skaldic art at Cnut's court Roberta Frank; 6. Wulfstan the Forger: the 'Laws of Edward and Guthrum' Nicholas P. Schwartz; 7. St Kenelm, St Melor and Anglo-Breton contact from the tenth to the twelfth centuries Caroline Brett; 8. The northern world of the Anglo-Saxon mappa mundi Helen Appleton; 9. The 'old books of Glastonbury' and the Muchelney breviary fragment: London, British Library, Additional 56488, fols. i, 1–5 Jesse D. Billett; 10. 'In me porto crucem': a new light on the lost St Margaret's crux nigra Francesco Marzella; 11. A fourth supplement to Hand-List of Anglo-Saxon Non-Runic Inscriptions 365 Elisabeth Okasha.
