Runes: A Concise History - Hardcover
by Tom Birkett
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197696057ISBN-10:197696058UPC:9780197696057Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Western Europe, EuropeBook Topic:MedievalSize:9.18 x 4.88 x 0.92 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCDWAYHYR1
Runes: A Concise History
With their distinctive and other-worldly appearance, runes--an ancient alphabet used to write Germanic languages--provide our only first-hand record of the customs and beliefs of peoples living on the northern fringe of the Roman Empire during a period of mass migration and momentous social upheaval. Emerging from obscure origins early in the first millennium, the runic script found new roles in...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780197696057ISBN-10:197696058UPC:9780197696057Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Western Europe, EuropeBook Topic:MedievalSize:9.18 x 4.88 x 0.92 inchesWeight:0.8818Product ID:SCDWAYHYR1
Tom Birkett is Professor of Old English at University College Cork, Ireland. He completed his D.Phil. on runes in literature at the University of Oxford, and has published extensively on the runic script, Old English and Old Norse poetry, and the reception of medieval literature. In 2016-17, he ran a major project on the perception of the Vikings in Britain and Ireland and is currently leading a...
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