Childhood and Adolescence in Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture

350 Pages·2018·2.971 MB·English

by  Susan Irvine, Winfried Rudolf (eds.)

CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE
IN ANGLO-SAXON LITERARY CULTURE
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Childhood and Adolescence in
Anglo-Saxon Literary Culture
EDITED BY SUSAN IRVINE
AND WINFRIED RUDOLF
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS
Toronto Buffalo London
© University of Toronto Press 2018
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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Childhood and adolescence in Anglo-Saxon literary culture / Susan Irvine,
Winfried Rudolf, editors.
(Toronto Anglo-Saxon series; 28)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-4875-0202-7 (hardcover)
1. English literature – Old English, ca. 450–1100 – History and criticism.
2. Children in literature. 3. Adolescence in literature. 4. Families in
literature. I. Irvine, Susan (Susan Elizabeth), editor II. Rudolf, Winfried,
editor III. Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon series ; 28
PR173.C45 2018 829’.093523 C2017-904923-2
University of Toronto Press gratefully acknowledges the financial assistance
of the Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Toronto, the English
Department at University College London, and the University of Göttingen
in the publication of this book.
University of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial assistance to its
publishing program of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts
Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.
Funded by the Financé par le
Government gouvernement
of Canada du Canada
Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Abbreviations ix
Introduction 3
Susan Irvine and Winfried Rudolf
1 Childhood and Adolescence: Interdisciplinary Approaches
to the Archaeological and Documentary Evidence 15
Sally Crawford
2 Naming Children in Anglo-Saxon England: Ethnic Identity
and Cultural Change 32
Leonard Neidorf
3 Anglo-Saxon Preaching on Children 48
Winfried Rudolf
4 Tender Beginnings in the Exeter Book Riddles 71
Shu-han Luo
5 Parenting and Childhood in The Fortunes of Men 95
Stacy S. Klein
6 Children and the Conversion of the Anglo-Saxons in Bede’s
Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum 120
Andreas Lemke
7 Childhood in the Lives of Anglo-Saxon Saints 139
Joyce Hill
vi Contents
8 Alcuin’s Educational Dispute: The Riddle of Teaching
and the Teaching of Riddles 162
Andy Orchard
9 Foster-Relationships in the Old English Boethius 202
Susan Irvine
10 Hrothulf’s Childhood and Beowulf’s: A Comparison 222
Richard North
11 Of Boys and Men: Anglo-Saxon Literary Adaptations
of the Book of Daniel 244
Daniel Anlezark
12 “Sharper than a Serpent’s Tooth”: Parent-Child Litigation
in Anglo-Saxon England 270
Andrew Rabin
Bibliography 291
Contributors 323
Index 325
Acknowledgments
We would like to thank the contributors to the volume for their good
will and patience throughout, and our colleagues at UCL and Göttingen
respectively for their interest and support. We would also like to thank
Andreas Lemke, Paul Langeslag, Julia Josfeld, Sandra Schütz and Christy
Hosefelder for helping to organise the conference in Göttingen in 2014,
an event that gave contributors an opportunity to engage in dialogue with
each other and with wider audiences about the volume’s topic. The con-
ference was sponsored in part by the Universitätsbund Göttingen whose
support we would like to acknowledge. Oliver Bock and Victoria Symons
were helpful with the final stages of preparation. Finally, we would like
to thank the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto,
the Department of English at UCL, and the University of Göttingen for
contributing to the publication costs of this volume.
Susan Irvine and Winfried Rudolf
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