Beowulf
Article about the most known and most important poem in Old English. It includes the story, information on the manuscripts and the authorship of the poem, and a link to a list of its many adaptations in the modern world.
McMaster University website dedicated to the poem, with its transcription and its translation. It contains explanations about the characters, including their family trees and clans, and facts about the history of the poem and its relation to the History of the Anglo-Saxons.
Documentary about the poem Beowulf and its relation with the Anglo-Saxon history. The film is divided in eight parts.
Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
Wikipedia article about the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, a compendium of manuscripts that enlightens the history of Britain between the 9th and the 12th centuries. This article includes explanations about its composition, its importance to the modern world and the relation among its many manuscripts.
Site made by the Yale University with a translation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, with notes and an introduction.
Transcription of the original manuscripts, in text and hypertext.
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