‘The Dream of the Rood is a poem about transformation.’,
Sep 25, 2004 - 05:40
“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever.” This idea does not seem to hold true for the Anglo-Saxon\'s. \'The Dream of the Rood’ gives us a description of Christ’s Passion, his crucifixion, events leading up to his ascension and ending with comments about Judgement Day. It is given to us in the guise of a wonderful dream, in which the narrator is spoken to directly by the Rood itself.
How are the law-codes that survive from Anglo-Saxon England useful in revealing aspects of Anglo-Saxon social values?,
Sep 24, 2004 - 07:28
We have much information regarding the social and legal values from many parts of the ancient world. From the mythologies of the Greeks and Romans we can see many of the important issues facing the people of these cultures.Unfortunately for historians of ancient Britain, for many years, no such influence was felt here after the departure of the Roman authority. We do, however, have another useful resource. These Resources accurately reflect the contemporary cultures, and, can be accurately dated: The Anglo-Saxon Laws.
