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6 X 10.Three Lines .P65 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-03117-2 - Literary Appropriations of the Anglo-Saxons from the Thirteenth to the Twentieth Century Edited by Donald Scragg and Carole Weinberg Index More information Index of Anglo-Saxons mentioned in the text Names pre®xed by an asterisk are non-historical ®gures Acha, daughter of álle, 75, 81 áthelwold, earl of East Anglia, 10 Alban, St, 72 áthelwold, bishop of Winchester, 62, 69 Alcuin of York, 220 áthelwulf, king of Wessex, 47 Aldhelm, 68±9 Alfred the Great, king of the English, 3, 4, 6, Bede, 3±4, 14, 67, 74, 78, 80±2, 85, 88, 8±9, 11±17, 20±1, 34, 37, 40, 42, 46±55, 112±13, 118, 194, 217, 220, 224 97n, 138±49, 152±6, 173, 194, 216±17, Birinus, St, 68 219, 221, 224, 232±3 Boniface, 220 Alfred, son of King áthelred, 7, 97 Botolf, St, 220 *Alfric, 104 Byrhtnoth, ealdorman of Essex, 125 Alla, Alle, see álle *Byrhtwold, 180 Alphege, St, 61±3 Anna, king of East Anglia, 86 Canute, Canutus, see Cnut *Artesia, 109 *Cedric, 160, 218 *Askeberd, 63±4 Cerdic, king of Wessex, 219 Athelstan, king of England, 3, 5, 17, 18, 20, Cnut, king of England, 3±4, 18, 50, 97±105, 61±2, 95, 189, 192, 216, 218 197 Audrey, see áthelthrith Coenwulf, king of Mercia, 63 Coleman, chaplain to Wulfstan of Worcester, ábbe (abbess of Coldingham), 75 24±5 álf¯ñd, abbess of Whitby, 75 Cuthbert, St, 54±5, 72, 220 álfgifu, wife to King Eadwig, 18±19, 128, Cynewulf, king of Wessex, 68 130±2, 136 álfric, king of Northumbria, 29, 31 Dunstan, archbishop of Canterbury, 19, 51±2, álfricthe homilist, 63, 79, 81, 86, 109n, 110n, 62, 69±70, 127±8, 130±2, 136, 220 220n álfthryth, wife of King Edgar, 10, 17 Eadburga, St, 59n álle, king of Deira, 74±5, 78±89, 90n Eadred, king of England, 3 áthelberht, king of Kent, 2, 68n, 220n Eadwig, king of England, 3, 18±20, 55, 128, áthelburg, wife of King Edwin, 75 130±2, 136 átheldreda, St, 59n Ean¯ñd, abbess of Whitby, 75 áthel¯ñd, 'Lady of the Mercians', 196 Eanfrith, king of Northumbria, 75 áthelfrith, king of Northumbria, 75, 81 Ebbe, abbess, 7 áthelred the Unready, king of England, 3±4, 7, Ecgbert, king of Wessex, 68, 216 10, 50±2, 55, 62, 69±71, 97, 102, 216 Ecgfrith, son of Oswiu, 75 áthelric, king of Northumbria, 75 Edgar, king of England, 3, 10, 14, 17±18, 20, áthelthrith, abbess of Ely, 75, 86 49, 54, 70, 95, 128, 130, 216 237 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-03117-2 - Literary Appropriations of the Anglo-Saxons from the Thirteenth to the Twentieth Century Edited by Donald Scragg and Carole Weinberg Index More information Index of Anglo-Saxons mentioned in the text Edgar the atheling, grandson of Edmund Horsa, brother of Hengest, 108, 113, 162 Ironside, 51, 53, 171 Edith, daughter of Godwine and wife of Edward Ine, king of Wessex, 69 the Confessor, 126, 133, 136 *Ivanhoe, 160 Edith, St, 71 Editha, see Edith, daughter of Godwine Kenelm, St, 60, 63±4, 66, 69, 72 Edmund, king of England, 3, 189, 192 *Kenten, traditionally the father of Aldhelm, 69 Edmund, St, king of East Anglia, 7, 61, 63±4, Kenulf, see Coenwulf 68, 220 Edmund Ironside, king of England, 3±4, 7, Leofric, earl of Mercia, 4, 16, 98, 104±5, 17±18, 20, 51, 53, 97±8, 100±6, 216 196±201, 203±4, 206±7, 212 Edric Streona (Edricus), ealdorman of Mercia, *Leofric, 98, 104±5 97±9, 101±5 *Leofwin, 182 Edward the Confessor, king of England, 4±5, *Lodowicke, 134 7, 14, 47±8, 50, 53±4, 57±8, 64, 66, 97, 126, 133±7, 140, 167±8, 197, 216, 219, Merewalh (Mñrwal), son of Penda, 30 231 Mildburg, St, 30 Edward the Elder, king of the English, 3, 189, Mildthryth (Mildred), St, 59n 192, 216 Edward the Martyr, king of England, 10, 51±2, Oda, archbishop of Canterbury, 61 69±71 Offa, king of Mercia, 17, 216 Edwin, king of Northumbria, 2, 14, 30±1, 75, *Oliver the Weaver, 115 81, 82n, 84±6, 88±9, 216 *Orgar, 17 *Edwin, 12, 18 Osric, son of King Oswiu of Northumbria, Edwy, Edwin, see Eadwig perhaps confused with an earlier king of Elfrida, see álfthryth Deira, 31 Elgiva, see álfgifu Oswald, St, king of Northumbria, 2, 29±31, 71, *Elsintha, 14 75, 81, 86, 216 Emma, wife of áthelred and Canute, 97, 126, Oswald II, bishop of Worcester, 37, 61±2, 69 136±7, 196±7 Oswiu (Oswy), king of Northumbria, 30±1, 75 Eormengilda (Eormenhild), daughter of King Erconberht, 88 Penda, king of Mercia, 29±30, 81, 83, 86, 216 Erconberht, king of Kent, 88 Etheldreda, see áthelthrith Rñdwald, king of East Anglia, 81 Ethelred, see áthelred *Rouwenne (Renwein, Ronix, Roxena, Rowena), Ethelwold, see áthelwold daughter of Hengest, 32, 108, 112, 117±20 Felogild, archbishop of Canterbury, 87 *Sigbert, 153n Sigeberht, king of the East Angles, 7 Godgifu (Godiva), 4, 16, 194±214 Siward, earl of Northumbria, 4, 197 Godwine (Goodwin), earl of Wessex, 4, 8, 95, Swithun, St, 68, 220 126±7, 133±6, 197 *Symon, Mayor of Queenborough, 114±16, Guthlac, St, 220 120±1 Harold I, king of England, 50 Thorold of Bucknall, 196 Harold II (Godwineson), king of England, 4, 7, *Tor®da, 172 16, 20, 50±1, 64, 65, 133±5, 137, 168, 182, Tostig, son of Earl Godwine, 133±4, 137 216, 233 Harthacnut, king of England, 50, 95 Werburg, St, 88 Hengest, 26, 108, 110±20, 162 Wilfrid, St, 220 Hereric, son of álle, 75 Willibrord, 220 *Hereward, 161, 170, 171 Wulfhere, king of Mercia, 88 *Hermingild, 88±90 Wulfstan II, bishop of Winchester, 23±4, 36±7, *Hersus, 116, 118±9 61, 64±6, 71, 220 Hild, abbess of Whitby, 75 Wynfrith, see Boniface 238 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-03117-2 - Literary Appropriations of the Anglo-Saxons from the Thirteenth to the Twentieth Century Edited by Donald Scragg and Carole Weinberg Index More information Index of authors and works cited Ailred of Rievaulx, Historia regum Anglorum, Burges, Sir James Bland, Alfred's Letters 143n, 48±9 Richard the First, 145±6 Alfred the Great: Deliverer of his Country,11 Burke, Edmund, 123±4 Alfred, king of the English, translation of Burney, Frances, Brief Re¯ections Relative to the Gregory's Cura pastoralis,4,42 Emigrant French Clergy 127 Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 4±5, 37±8, 47, 78, Camilla 131±2 81, 82, 85, 87, 112, 113, 114, 123, 174, Cecilia 131±2 196, 197, 226; see also Peterborough Edwy and Elgiva 18±19, 122, 124±32, Chronicle 136±7 Anti-Jacobin; or, Weekly Examiner, 147n Elberta 129 Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine, 139, 148n, Evelina 129 150, 151 Hubert de Vere 129 Athelston,6 The Siege of Pevensey 129 The Wanderer 132 álfric, Homily on St Gregory, 79, 86 Byron, George Gordon, Lord, Cain, a Mystery, Life of St Edmund,63 146n Life of St Oswald,81 Cambridge Intelligencer, 141n Bale, John, King John,8,94 Camden, William, Britannia, 2, 109 Bates, Brian, The Way of Wyrd, 219 Canaway, W. H., The Ring-Givers, 219 Battle of Brunanburh, 5, 17, 179±81, 183±4; see Carleton, Thomas, Fatum Vortigerni, 117 also Tennyson, Alfred, Lord Carlyle, Thomas, On Heroes, Hero-Worship and the Battle of Maldon, 180, 183 Heroic in History, 230 Bede, Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum,3,4, Cervantes, Miguel de, Don Quixote, 158 14, 67, 78, 80±1, 82, 85, 88, 112, 113, 118 Chatterton, Thomas, 126, Goddwyn ... bye Beowulf, 123, 176±7, 179, 180, 183, 184, 186, Thomas Rowleie 135 195, 219, 226, 234 Chaucer, Geoffrey, Canterbury Tales, Man of Bicknell, Alexander, The Patriot King or Alfred Law's Tale, 7, 74±6, 79, 89±92, Clerk's and Elvida,11 Tale, 92, Franklin's Tale, 200±1 Blackmore, Sir Richard, Alfred, 13, 140±1 House of Fame, 195 Brewer, Anthony, The Lovesick King, 95, 97n Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 152, 157, The British Critic, 139 Watchman, 142 Brown, Dr John, Athelstan,17±18 Contemporary Review, 174 Bulwer-Lytton, Edward, 232, Eugene Aram, 165 Cottle, Joseph, Alfred, 138±41, 142n, 146, Harold: the Last of the Saxon Kings, 166±9, 149n, 151±6 178, 182, 218 Messiah: a poem, 152n Rienzi: the Last of the Roman Tribunes, 166 The Fall of Cumbria, 152n The Last Days of Pompeii, 166 War A Fragment, 153 The Last of the Barons, 166±7 Coventry Corpus Christi Plays, 210±11 239 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-03117-2 - Literary Appropriations of the Anglo-Saxons from the Thirteenth to the Twentieth Century Edited by Donald Scragg and Carole Weinberg Index More information Index of authors and works cited Crichton, Michael, Eaters of the Dead, 219 Guest, Edwin, The Brunanburh War-Song, 185 Critical Review, 146, 150 Guy of Warwick,5n Cumberland, Richard, The Battle of Hastings, 11±12, 20 Haggard, Rider, Allan Quartermain, 231 King Solomon's Mines, 231±2 Daniel, Samuel, Historie of England, 109 Harrison, William, Description of England, 109 Darley, George, Ethelston or The Battle of Hawes, Stephen, The Example of Virtue,7 Brunanburh, 17, 18 Hayley, William, Essay on Epic Poetry, 145 Dekker, Thomas, Old Fortunatus,95 Henry of Huntingdon, Historia Anglorum,41 The Welsh Ambassador,95 Henryson, Robert, Orpheus and Eurydice,86±7 Deloney, Thomas, Coventry made free by Godina, Henty, G.
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