Philip Shaw is Lecturer in English Language and Old English at University of Leicester, UK.

Could it be true that narrative elements of Beowulf originated on the continent and were transmitted to early England in both written and oral form? These are the exciting conclusions of Philip A. Shaw, who analyzes the poem’s personal names and ethnonyms as evidence of layered composition. Shaw's virtuosic book has given Beowulf a compelling ancestry.

• List of FiguresList of MapsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Geats, Brondings and Wylfings2. The Scyldings, Heathobards and Helmings3. The Scilfings4. The Finnsburh Episode and the non-Scylding Danes5. Weland and the Waelsings6. The Continental Characters7. A Glove in Hood's Clothing: Hondscio and the Narrative Tradition of BeowulfConclusionBibliographyIndex

Philip Shaw is Lecturer in English Language and Old English at University of Leicester, UK.

Could it be true that narrative elements of Beowulf originated on the continent and were transmitted to early England in both written and oral form? These are the exciting conclusions of Philip A. Shaw, who analyzes the poem’s personal names and ethnonyms as evidence of layered composition. Shaw's virtuosic book has given Beowulf a compelling ancestry.

• List of FiguresList of MapsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Geats, Brondings and Wylfings2. The Scyldings, Heathobards and Helmings3. The Scilfings4. The Finnsburh Episode and the non-Scylding Danes5. Weland and the Waelsings6. The Continental Characters7. A Glove in Hood's Clothing: Hondscio and the Narrative Tradition of BeowulfConclusionBibliographyIndex

Philip Shaw is Lecturer in English Language and Old English at University of Leicester, UK.

Could it be true that narrative elements of Beowulf originated on the continent and were transmitted to early England in both written and oral form? These are the exciting conclusions of Philip A. Shaw, who analyzes the poem’s personal names and ethnonyms as evidence of layered composition. Shaw's virtuosic book has given Beowulf a compelling ancestry.

• List of FiguresList of MapsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. The Geats, Brondings and Wylfings2. The Scyldings, Heathobards and Helmings3. The Scilfings4. The Finnsburh Episode and the non-Scylding Danes5. Weland and the Waelsings6. The Continental Characters7. A Glove in Hood's Clothing: Hondscio and the Narrative Tradition of BeowulfConclusionBibliographyIndex