Table of Contents

Preface 1. Anglo-Latin Literature in the Foreground 2. North Sea Currents: Old English and Old Norse in Comparison and in Contact 3. Legend hErenn: "The Learning of Ireland" in the Early Medieval Period

About the Author

Paul E. Szarmach is Emeritus Professor of English and Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University. He served a five-year term as Executive Director of the Medieval Academy of America and Editor of Speculum. Szarmach's major field of study is Old English prose with special reference to Latin backgrounds.