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  • Complete Old English

    A Comprehensive Guide to Reading and Understanding Old English, with Original Texts

    de Mark Atherton ...
    This product is most effective when used in conjunction with the corresponding double CD.- You can purchase the book and double CD as a pack (ISBN: 9781444104196)@font-face {}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal { margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: ""Times New Roman""; }div.Section1 { page: Section1; }- The double CD is also sold separately (ISBN: 9781444104202)Learn Old ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • The Making of England

    A New History of the Anglo-Saxon World

    de Mark Atherton ...
    Series series Library of Medieval Studies
    During the tenth century England began to emerge as a distinct country with an identity that was both part of yet separate from 'Christendom'. The reigns of Athelstan, Edgar and Ethelred witnessed the emergence of many key institutions: the formation of towns on modern street plans; an efficient administration; and a serviceable system of tax. Mark Atherton here shows how the stories, legends, ... Leer más

    $38.99 USD

  • There and Back Again

    J R R Tolkien and the Origins of The Hobbit

    de Mark Atherton ...
    'Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.' Addressed to Frodo as he prepared to travel from Lothlórien to Mordor to destroy the One Ring, the prophetic words of Galadriel in the film The Fellowship of the Ring are just as pertinent to J R R Tolkien's own fiction. For decades, hobbits, elves, dwarves, dragons and the other fantastical creatures of Middle-earth have captured the ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • The Battle of Maldon

    War and Peace in Tenth-Century England

    de Mark Atherton ...
    Depicting one of the defining conflicts of tenth-century England, The Battle of Maldon immortalises the bloody fight that took place along the banks of the tidal river Blackwater in 991, poignantly expressing the lore and language of a determined nation faced with the advance of a ruthless and relentless enemy. But, as Mark Atherton reveals, The Battle of Maldon is more than a heroic tale designed ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Selected Writings

    de Hildegard of Bingen ...
    Benedictine nun, poet and musician, Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) was one of the most remarkable figures of the Middle Ages. She undertook preaching tours throughout the German empire at the age of sixty, and was consulted not only by her religious contemporaries but also by kings and emperors, yet it is largely for her apocalyptic and mystical writings that she is remembered. This volume ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Rule of Benedict

    de St Benedict ...
    Traducido por Carolinne White ...
    Founder of a monastery at Monte Cassino, between Rome and Naples, in the sixth century, St Benedict intended his Rule to be a practical guide to Christian monastic life. Based on the key precepts of humility, obedience and love, its aim is to create a harmonious and efficient religious community in which individuals can make progress in the Christian virtues and gain eternal life. Here, Benedict ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD

  • The Desert Fathers

    Sayings of the Early Christian Monks

    Edición de Benedicta Ward ...
    The Desert Fathers were the first Christian monks, living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. In contrast to the formalised and official theology of the "founding fathers" of the church, the Desert Fathers were ordinary Christians who chose to renounce the world and live lives of celibacy, fasting, vigil, prayer and poverty in direct and simple response to the gospel. Their ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • Old English

    A Linguistic Introduction

    de Jeremy J. Smith ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to the English Language
    Old English provides a clear linguistic introduction to English between the 5th century and the Norman invasion in 1066. Tailored to suit the needs of individual course modules, it assumes no prior knowledge of the subject, and presents the basic facts in a straightforward manner, making it the ideal beginners' text. Students are guided step-by-step through the main characteristics and ... Leer más

    $44.99 USD

  • Smith of Wootton Major

    de J. R. R. Tolkien ...
    A charming new pocket edition of one of Tolkien’s major pieces of short fiction, and his only finished work dating from after publication of The Lord of the Rings.What began as a preface to The Golden Key by George MacDonald eventually grew into this charming short story, so named by Tolkien to suggest an early work by P.G. Wodehouse. Composed almost a decade after The Lord of the Rings, and when ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

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  • A Hobbit, a Wardrobe, and a Great War

    How J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship, and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-18

    de Joseph Loconte ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERDeepen your insight into and appreciation for the writings J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis as you explore the untold story of how the First World War shaped their lives, faith, and writings.Had there been no Great War, there would have been no Hobbit, no Lord of the Rings, no Narnia—perhaps even no conversion to Christianity by C.S. Lewis.The First World War laid waste to ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • The Legend Of Sigurd And Gudrún

    de J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien ...
    Many years ago, J.R.R. Tolkien composed his own version of the great legend of Northern antiquity in powerful alliterative verse, recounted here in The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún. In the Lay of the Völsungs is told the ancestry of the great hero Sigurd, the slayer of Fáfnir, most celebrated of dragons; of his awakening of the Valkyrie Brynhild, who slept surrounded by a wall of fire, and of their ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

  • The History of the Hobbit

    Mr Baggins and Return to Bag-End

    de John D. Rateliff, J. R. R. Tolkien ...
    This revised and updated examination of how J.R.R.Tolkien came to write his original masterpiece The Hobbit includes his complete unpublished draft version of the story, together with notes and illustrations by Tolkien himself.The Hobbit was first published on 21 September 1937. Like its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, it is a story that ‘grew in the telling’, and many characters and plot threads ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD