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The Old English History of the World: An Anglo-Saxon Rewriting of Orosius - Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library Malcolm R. Godden
The Old English History of the World: An Anglo-Saxon Rewriting of Orosius - Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library
Malcolm R. Godden
The Old English History of the World, produced around the year 900, is an anonymous translation and adaptation of Paulus Orosius’s immensely popular Latin history known as the Seven Books of History against the Pagans. This volume offers a new edition and modern translation of an Anglo-Saxon perspective on the ancient world.
500 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 31, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9780674971066 |
| Publishers | Harvard University Press |
| Pages | 496 |
| Dimensions | 212 × 145 × 32 mm · 582 g |
| Language | English |
| Translator | Godden, Malcolm R (University of Oxford) |