Michael Swanton is Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Exeter.

Swanton provides a helpful description of the poem’s text and of its manuscript context, the Vercelli Book. A discussion of the doctrinal and iconographic backgrounds of the poem, and a comprehensive overview of its structural, thematic and stylistic concerns.

• ContentsThe Vercelli bookThe Ruthwell crossRelationship between the textsDoctrine and iconographyStyle and structureSelect bibliographyTexts

Michael Swanton is Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Exeter.

Swanton provides a helpful description of the poem’s text and of its manuscript context, the Vercelli Book. A discussion of the doctrinal and iconographic backgrounds of the poem, and a comprehensive overview of its structural, thematic and stylistic concerns.

• ContentsThe Vercelli bookThe Ruthwell crossRelationship between the textsDoctrine and iconographyStyle and structureSelect bibliographyTexts

Michael Swanton is Professor of Medieval Studies at the University of Exeter.

Swanton provides a helpful description of the poem’s text and of its manuscript context, the Vercelli Book. A discussion of the doctrinal and iconographic backgrounds of the poem, and a comprehensive overview of its structural, thematic and stylistic concerns.

• ContentsThe Vercelli bookThe Ruthwell crossRelationship between the textsDoctrine and iconographyStyle and structureSelect bibliographyTexts