The Old English History of the World - An Anglo-Saxon Rewriting of Orosius

The Old English History of the World, produced around the year 900, is an anonymous translation and adaptation of Paulus Orosius’s immensely popular Latin history known as the Seven Books of History against the Pagans. This volume offers a new edition and modern translation of an Anglo-Saxon perspective on the ancient world.

About the author

Malcolm R. Godden was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford.

Product details

• Authors: Malcolm R. Godden, Malcolm R. (EDT) Godden, Paulus Orosius
• Assisted by: Malcolm R. Godden (Editor), Malcolm R (University of Oxford) Godden (Translation), Malcolm R. Godden (Translation), Malcolm R. Godden (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9780674971066
• ISBN: 978-0-674-97106-6
• No. of pages: 496
• Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Librar; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library; Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Librar
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Europe, European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, HISTORY / Historiography, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, Historiography, Archaeology, Ancient World, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, History and Archaeology, European history: medieval period, middle ages, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE