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The North in the Old English Orosius

A Geographical Narrative in Context

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The description of the North in the Old English Orosius in the form of the travel accounts by Ohthere and Wulfstan and a catalogue of northern peoples are examined in this study in the context of ancient and early medieval textual and cartographic descriptions of the North, with a special emphasis on Anglo-Saxon sources and the intellectual context of the reign of King Alfred.

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The North in the Old English Orosius, Irmeli Valtonen

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2008
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Title
The North in the Old English Orosius
Subtitle
A Geographical Narrative in Context
Language
English
Released
2008
Format
Hardcover
Pages
672
ISBN10
9519040293
ISBN13
9789519040295
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The description of the North in the Old English Orosius in the form of the travel accounts by Ohthere and Wulfstan and a catalogue of northern peoples are examined in this study in the context of ancient and early medieval textual and cartographic descriptions of the North, with a special emphasis on Anglo-Saxon sources and the intellectual context of the reign of King Alfred.