Beowulf and the North before the Vikings

Tom Shippey challenges the view that Beowulf is a fantasy and argues that using the poem as a starting point, historical, archaeological, and legendary sources can provide a plausible and consistent history of the North in the fifth and sixth centuries.

About the author

Tom Shippey has published extensively on Tolkien and on early medieval literature. His last book is Laughing Shall I Die: Lives and Deaths of the Great Vikings (2018).

Product details

• Authors: Tom (Professor Shippey
• Publisher: Arc Humanities Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781802700138
• ISBN: 978-1-80270-013-8
• No. of pages: 136
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 115 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 146 g
• Illustrations: 1 Tables, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
• Series: Past Imperfect
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries