Table of Contents

• The Anglo-Saxons: Synthesis and Achievement, edited by J. Douglas Woods and David A.E. Pelteret
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• Introduction David A.E. Pelteret
• 1 Bayeux Tapestry: History or Propaganda? Shirley A. Brown
• 2 The Boundaries of Old English Literature Angus Cameron
• 3 Beowulf, Bede, and St. Oswine: The Hero's Pride in Old English Hagiography Colin Chase
• 4 Domestic Peace and Public Order in Anglo-Saxon Law Rebecca V. Colman
• 5 Two Early Anglo-Saxon Holy Men: Oswald and Cuthbert John Corbett
• 6 The Celtic Church in Anglo-Saxon Times Claude Evans
• 7 Anglo-Saxon Use of the Apocryphal Gospel Antonette de Paolo Healey
• 8 The Image of the Worm: Some Literary Implications of Serpentine Decoration Andrew J.G. Paternall
• 9 Slavery in Anglo-Saxon England David A.E. Pelteret
• 10 Germanic Warrior Terms in Old Saxon J. Douglas Woods
• Bibliographic Essay David A.E. Pelteret
• Index

About the Author

J. Douglas Woods is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at Scarborough College in the University of Toronto.

David A.E. Pelteret is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of History at King's College London. He is also the author of Slavery in Early Mediaeval England from the Reign of Alfred until the Twelfth Century and Anglo-Saxon History: Basic Readings.