The development of Old English thought
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- Title
- The development of Old English thought
- Publication year listed
- 1896
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- Public domain eBook
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The development of Old English thought
Author: Azarias Brother 1847 1893
Year: 1896
CONTENTS Introduction 1 CHAPTER I The Continental Homestead 5 I English and Aryan 5 II Soil Climate and Character 8 III Laws and Customs 12 IV Condition of Woman 23 V The Mead Hall 30 VI Language and Poetry 33 VII Philosophy 47 CHAPTER II Keltic Influence 57 I Kelt and Teuton 57 II Kymric Kelt 61 III Gaedhil and Kymry 68 IV Keltic Sentiment 72 CHAPTER III The Old Creed and the New 77 I The English in their Insular Homestead 77 II Gregory the Great 79 III Augustin and Paulinus 84 IV Relapse and Recovery 88 V Shadow and Substance 91 CHAPTER IV Whitby 97 I St Hilda 97 II The Story of Cedmon's Life Unraveled 100 III The Themes Cedmon Sang 106 IV The Secret of Cedmon's Success 110 V Cedmon at Work 114 VI Cedmon's Influence at Home and Abroad 123 CHAPTER V Canterbury 131 I Theodore and Aldhelm 131 II The Poem of Andreas 136 III Cynewulf 146 IV The Poems of Judith Guthlac and a Lover's Message 147 CHAPTER VI Jarrow and York 152 I Benedict Biscop 152 II Beda 153 III Alcwin 160 IV Popular Philosophy 163 V The Reflective Mood in Poetry 170 CHAPTER VII Winchester 175 I Alfred the Great 175 II Spirit of Laws 180 III The Sentiment of Nationality 18