National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: A Prelude to Beowulf
Before reading the Anglo-Saxon epic poem, "Beowulf," learners should explore the Dark Ages through researching the fundamental characteristics of the art and literature produced during this period. This website provides links for doing...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation
Provided by the Medieval Sourcebook, this site offers a modern English translation of the "Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation," Books 1 through 5.
Washington State University
Washington State University: Anglo Saxon Homepage
This student resource site provides links to Anglo-Saxon/Old English literature, culture, and heritage.
World Wide School
World Wide School: The Anglo Saxon Chronicle
This site offers Rev. James Ingram's 1823 translation of "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle," along with footnotes. An extensive bibliography is available as well.
Other
Beowulf in Cyberspace
Providing translations, maps, essays, and resources, this is a good online resource for students, particularly advanced students, reading and studying the Anglo Saxon poem, "Beowulf." The "Old English" glossary included at this website...
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McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Beowulf" Study Guide [Pdf]
Introduce yourself to Anglo-Saxon literature by reading "Beowulf" and exploring its plot, themes, and characters with the help of this study guide. Check out a helpful "family tree" of the epic poem's characters, study new vocabulary...
Yale University
Yale Law's Avalon Project: The Anglo Saxon Chronicle
Full text and search engine for the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, in which the history of Britain, from the 1st Century to the 12th, is rendered by scribes. Translated into modern English.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anglo Saxon Introduction
This lesson is an introduction to the Anglo Saxons and the origins of the English language. It provides a brief history of England and examines elements of Anglo-Saxon society and language that still exist in English literature today. It...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anglo Saxon Literature
This lesson focuses on Anglo-Saxon Literature including the importance of the monks who listened to the stories and poems and wrote them down and the two nonfiction pieces that had an impact on creation of the written language: The...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anglo Saxon Poetry
This lesson focuses on Anglo-Saxon poetry including its elegiac tone, exile themes, and use of figurative language and poetic techniques like alliteration, caesura and kennings. It features links to three poems, each in at least two...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Anglo Saxon: The Dream of the Rood
This lesson focuses on the Early English poem "The Dream of the Rood" which tells the story of the crucifixion of Christ from the cross's point of view. It features a video of the Ruthwell Cross that is inscripted with a section of the...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: The Anglo Saxon Chronicle on Alfred the Great
This section of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle covers the years 878 through 886 and describes a series of conflicts Alfred the Great had with Viking invaders.
McMaster University
Beowulf in Hypertext: Introduction Hwaet!
This site gives facts about the original Beowulf manuscript, its authorship, and its ties to archeology and culture. One may also read Beowulf in Old English or its translation to Modern English along with summaries of text portions and...
Other
Anglo saxons.net: "The Seafarer"
The Anglo-Saxon poem, "The Seafarer," with the Old English original and the Modern English translation in side-by-side presentation.
Other
The Ecole Glossary: Alcuin of York
A biographical note on Alcuin, the Anglo-Saxon churchman and writer who became Charlemagne's private tutor. Related links.
The English Teacher
The English Teacher: A Beowulf Test
The test can serve as a model for your own assessment of your students' understanding of the Old English epic poem.
The English Teacher
The English Teacher: Beowulf Lesson Plans
These teaching notes for Beowulf provide a model for your own lesson plan and as a basic resource to study Beowulf. These notes can help you remember the pertinent points of Anglo-Saxon epic poem and help to deepen your understanding.
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Holt Elements of Literature Sixth Course: Introduction From Beowulf
A background for the Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf, to the time period in which it was created, and about the concept of the Epic Hero.
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Utah Valley State College: Dr. Rick Mc Donald: The Wife's Lament Pages
Find both the original Anglo-Saxon text and several translations of "The Wife's Lament," as well as supplemental information about the context of the poem. Also includes a glossary of Anglo-Saxon words and maps and images related to "The...
University of Alberta
University of Alberta: Canon of John Lydgate Project: Vikings and King Edmund
Two brief excerpts from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (the Parker version, in both English and Old English) that relate the Viking incursion into East Anglia and the slaying of King Edmund, later venerated as a saint and martyr.
Other
Ravensgard: Anglo Saxon Culture Literature
A clickable list to the full texts in modern English of Abbo of Fleury's The Martyrdom of St. Edmund, King of East Anglia (870); Aelfric's Homilies on Judith, Esther, and The Maccabees; Ambrose in Anglo-Saxon England with Pseudo-Ambrose...
Other
Beowulf: An Adaptation From the Old English Version
Enjoy this contemporary English translation of the epic Old English poem Beowulf, which can be read in conjunction with the original for better comprehension.
Other
Wiwhc: Documenting Women's Lives Anglo Saxon England
Interesting activity using excerpts from a variety of primary sources to have students draw conclusions about the lives of women in Anglo-Saxon England.