Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Front matter i
2. Dedication v
3. Contents vii
4. List of figures viii
5. Acknowledgements ix
6. Introduction 1
7. 1 Æschere’s head, Grendel’s mother and the sword that isn’t a sword 34
8. 2 The ‘thingness’ of time in the Old English riddles of the Exeter Book and Aldhelm’s Latin enigmata 59
9. 3 The riddles of the Franks Casket 98
10. 4 Assembling and reshaping Christianity in the Lives of St Cuthbert and Lindisfarne Gospels 139
11. 5 The Dream of the Rood and the Ruthwell monument 175
12. Afterword 216
13. Bibliography 221
14. Index 233