The Idea of Anglo-Saxon England 1066-1901: Remembering, Forgetting, Deciphering, and Renewing the Past (Hardcover)

List of Vignettes vi

Preface and Acknowledgements vii

Abbreviations xiii

List of Figures xv

1 The Impact of the Norman Conquest 1

2 The Discovery of Angloi¿½]Saxon England in Tudor Times 49

3 British Antiquaries and the Angloi¿½]Saxon Past 77

4 The Founding of a Discipline 1600–1700 109

5 A Period of Consolidation 1700–1800 147

6 The Romantics and the Discovery of Old English Verse 186

7 The Triumph of Philology 220

8 Old English Studies in North America 265

9 Angloi¿½]Saxon England and the Empire 302

Afterword 378

Some Landmark Publications 381

Works Cited 395

Index 415