Alphabetical List of Authors and Works.Preface and Acknowledgements.Chronology of Events and Literary Landmarks.Introduction.Bede's Ecclasiastical History.Cadmon's Hymn.Account of the Anglo-Saxons.Life of Cadmon.Alfred.Preface to the translation of Gregory's Pastoral Care.Translation of Boethius' Consolation Of Philosophy.The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.Annal 755: Cynewulf and Cyneheard.Annal 855-78: The Death of Edmund; Alfred's Battle with the Vikings.The Reign of Aethelstan and The Battle of Brunanburb.The Exeter Book.Advent Lyrics VII and VIII (from Christ I).The Wanderer.The Seafarer.The Whale.Deor.Wulf and Eadwacer.Exeter Book Riddles: 5, 7, 12, 26, 29, 30, 43-46, 55.The Wife's Lament.The Husband's Message.The Ruin.The Vercelli Book.The Fates of the Apostles.Vercelli Homily X.The Dream of the Rood.Alfric's.Old English Preface to his first series of Catholic Homilies.Homily on the Nativity of Innocents.Old English Preface to his Lives of Saints.Passion of Saint Edmund.The Battle of Maldon.The Beowulf-Manuscript.Beowulf.Judith.The Junius Manuscript.Exodus.Wulfstan's Sermo Lupi ad Anglos.Apollonius of Tyre.The Peterborough Chronicle.The Life of St Margaret.The Hymns of Saint Godric.The Orrmulum.Cambridge, Trinity College B. 14. 52.Poema Morale.Trinity Homily 33.Hali Meiethhad.Ancrene Wisse.Oxford, Bodleian Library, Digby 86.Ubi Sount Qui Ante Nos Fuerount?.Stond wel, Moder, Ounder Rode.The Fox and the Wolf.Dame Sirit.Love is Sofft.Oxford, Jesus College 29.The Love-Ron of Friar Thomas Hales.London, British Library, Cotton Caligula A. ix.Lazamon's Brut.The Owl and the Nightingale.Lyrics from Cambridge, Trinity College B. 14.39.Of One that is so Fair and Bright.When I Think on Domesday.When the Turf is Thy Tower.A Saying of St Bernard.I Sing of One that is Matchless.An Orison to our Lady.The South English Legendary.The Life of St Wulfstan.Cursor Mundi.Robert Mannyng of Brunne:.The Chronicle.The Land of Cockayne.Auchinleck Manuscript.Sir Orfeo.London, British Library, Harley 2253.Earth upon Earth.Alysoun.Spring.Advice to Women.An Old Man's Prayer.Blow, northerne wynd.The death of King Edward I.I syke when Y singe.An Autumn Song.King Horn.The Ayenbite of Inwit.Richard Rolle.Ego Dormio.Ghostly Gladness.Athelston.Ywain and Gawain.Wynnere and Wastoure.William Langland.Piers Plowman.Geoffrey Chaucer.General Prologue.The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.Select Bibliography.Glossary of Common Hard Words.Index of Manuscripts.General Index