Call for Papers: Anglo-Saxon and
Old Saxon Cross-Cultural
Connections (1)
This session
builds on a previous session in 2012 comparing the Heliand and
Beowulf. Two similar
cultures that in part at least grew out of the same roots in the late
Roman period and certainly at various points in time influenced one
another. Yet, other than studies in comparative metrics, there has
been very little comparative study of these two cultures or much of
any depth on their mutual influence nor how they developed
differently after the migration of some Saxons to England. Such
comparative analysis is long overdue and promises to yield a greater
understanding of the medieval Northwest in Europe.
