Samantha Zacher is a professor of English and medieval studies at Cornell University.Andy Orchard is a professor of Old English at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford.

‘This collection as a whole does a fair job of reflecting the nature of current Anglo-Saxon studies, particularly homilies… At its best, such work can deliver new insights into an unfamiliar aesthetics and into the nature of Anglo-Saxon society.’ - Jonathan Wilcox (Journal of English and Germanic Philology January 2012) ‘It is no less than a mandatory reading for serious scholars studying any aspect of the manuscript, whilst also seeming likely to serve as a great source of inspiration to those engaged with Anglo-Saxon prose and poetry of all kinds for some time to come.’ - Michael Bintley (English Studies, vol 93:02:2012)

Samantha Zacher is a professor of English and medieval studies at Cornell University.Andy Orchard is a professor of Old English at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford.

‘This collection as a whole does a fair job of reflecting the nature of current Anglo-Saxon studies, particularly homilies… At its best, such work can deliver new insights into an unfamiliar aesthetics and into the nature of Anglo-Saxon society.’ - Jonathan Wilcox (Journal of English and Germanic Philology January 2012) ‘It is no less than a mandatory reading for serious scholars studying any aspect of the manuscript, whilst also seeming likely to serve as a great source of inspiration to those engaged with Anglo-Saxon prose and poetry of all kinds for some time to come.’ - Michael Bintley (English Studies, vol 93:02:2012)

Samantha Zacher is a professor of English and medieval studies at Cornell University.Andy Orchard is a professor of Old English at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford.

‘This collection as a whole does a fair job of reflecting the nature of current Anglo-Saxon studies, particularly homilies… At its best, such work can deliver new insights into an unfamiliar aesthetics and into the nature of Anglo-Saxon society.’ - Jonathan Wilcox (Journal of English and Germanic Philology January 2012) ‘It is no less than a mandatory reading for serious scholars studying any aspect of the manuscript, whilst also seeming likely to serve as a great source of inspiration to those engaged with Anglo-Saxon prose and poetry of all kinds for some time to come.’ - Michael Bintley (English Studies, vol 93:02:2012)