Matthew Townend
Biographic Data
| ID | 5704599 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Matthew Townend |
| GIVEN NAMES | Matthew |
| FAMILY NAME | Townend |
| SIGNATURE | TOWNEND M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of York |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4282-5524 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Cnut’s Poets
Throughout the period 800–1250, English culture was marked by linguistic contestation and pluralism: the consequence of migrations and conquests and of the establishment and flourishing of the Christian religion centred on Rome. In 855 the Danes 'over-wintered' for the first time, re-initiating centuries of linguistic pluralism; by 1250 English had, overwhelmingly, become the first language of England. Norse and French, the Celtic languages of th…
Beatus Vir
Einarr Skúlason's Geisli
Knútr and the Cult of St Óláfr
An anecdote in the Flateyjarbók version of Óláfs saga helga tells how Knútr inn ríki learned of the burgeoning sanctity of his old adversary Óláfr Haraldsson (Sigurður Nordal and others 1944–45, II, 488; also printed in Johnsen and Jón Helgason, 1941, II, 832): \nÞórir hundr ferr til Englands ok segir Knúti konungi allt, hversu farit hafði. Konungr varð mjök óglaðr við þessa sögu. Þórir spurði, hverju þat gegndi. Konungr svarar: ‘Ek \nþóttumst þa…
Wulfstan, Archbishop of York
Neil S. Price. The Viking way
Neil S. Price. The Viking way: religion and war in late Iron Age Scandinavia (Aun 31). 435 pages, 159 figures, 3 tables. 2002. Uppsala: Uppsala University Department of Archaeology & Ancient History; 91-506-1626-9 (ISSN 0284-1347). - Volume 77 Issue 296
Language and History in Viking Age England
Contextualizing the Knútsdrápur
It is generally recognized that during the reign of Cnut the Danish king's court came to represent the focal point for skaldic composition and patronage in the Norse-speaking world. According to the later Icelandic Skáldatal or ‘List of Poets’, no fewer than eight skalds were remembered as having composed for Cnut: Sigvatr Þórðarson, Óttarr svarti, Þórarinn loftunga, Hallvarðr háreksblesi, Bersi Torfuson, Steinn Skaptason, Arnórr Þórðarson jarlas…
Viking Age England as a Bilingual Society
Neil S. Price. The Viking way
Neil S. Price. The Viking way: religion and war in late Iron Age Scandinavia (Aun 31). 435 pages, 159 figures, 3 tables. 2002. Uppsala: Uppsala University Department of Archaeology & Ancient History; 91-506-1626-9 (ISSN 0284-1347). - Volume 77 Issue 296
Viking Age England as a Bilingual Society
Contextualizing the Knútsdrápur
It is generally recognized that during the reign of Cnut the Danish king's court came to represent the focal point for skaldic composition and patronage in the Norse-speaking world. According to the later Icelandic Skáldatal or ‘List of Poets’, no fewer than eight skalds were remembered as having composed for Cnut: Sigvatr Þórðarson, Óttarr svarti, Þórarinn loftunga, Hallvarðr háreksblesi, Bersi Torfuson, Steinn Skaptason, Arnórr Þórðarson jarlas…
Language and History in Viking Age England
Neil S. Price. The Viking way
Neil S. Price. The Viking way: religion and war in late Iron Age Scandinavia (Aun 31). 435 pages, 159 figures, 3 tables. 2002. Uppsala: Uppsala University Department of Archaeology & Ancient History; 91-506-1626-9 (ISSN 0284-1347). - Volume 77 Issue 296
Wulfstan, Archbishop of York
Knútr and the Cult of St Óláfr
An anecdote in the Flateyjarbók version of Óláfs saga helga tells how Knútr inn ríki learned of the burgeoning sanctity of his old adversary Óláfr Haraldsson (Sigurður Nordal and others 1944–45, II, 488; also printed in Johnsen and Jón Helgason, 1941, II, 832): \nÞórir hundr ferr til Englands ok segir Knúti konungi allt, hversu farit hafði. Konungr varð mjök óglaðr við þessa sögu. Þórir spurði, hverju þat gegndi. Konungr svarar: ‘Ek \nþóttumst þa…
Einarr Skúlason's Geisli
Beatus Vir
Cnut’s Poets
Throughout the period 800–1250, English culture was marked by linguistic contestation and pluralism: the consequence of migrations and conquests and of the establishment and flourishing of the Christian religion centred on Rome. In 855 the Danes 'over-wintered' for the first time, re-initiating centuries of linguistic pluralism; by 1250 English had, overwhelmingly, become the first language of England. Norse and French, the Celtic languages of th…
History (9 works) · Medieval Literature and History (6 works) · Archaeology (4 works) · Art (4 works) · Classics (4 works) · History (4 works) · Linguistics and language evolution (4 works) · Literature (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Historical and Archaeological Studies (3 works)