Books and Websites

[S_Wodening]

Okay the following booklist, and list of websites is NOT required reading for the class. They are however presented as a way for you to further educate yourself. I will start the class Monday. This should give everyone enough time to enroll, and get ready. We will be covering what Anglo-Saxon Heathenry is, its history, and the problems of reconstruction. Discussion is strongly encouraged as are questions!

The Reading List (note these are all academic books)

Anglo-Saxon Paganism by David Wilson

Rites and Religions of the Anglo-Saxons by Gwen Owen

Heathen Gods in Old English Literature by Richard North

Looking for the Lost Gods of England by Kathleen Herbert

Anglo-Saxon Past: The Search for Anglo-Saxon Paganism by Gerald Stanley

Other Books that may be helpful are:

The Well and the Tree: World and Time in Early Germanic Culture by Paul Bauschatz

The Mead-Hall: The Feasting Tradition in Anglo-Saxon England by Stephen Pollington

Lady With a Mead Cup: Ritual Prophecy and Lordship in the European Warband by Michael Enright

The English Settlements by J. N. L. Myres

Anglo-Saxon England by F. M. Stenton

The Websites

Anglo-Saxon Heathenism
http://englishheathenism.homestead.com/introduction.html' (http://englishheathenism.homestead.com/introduction.html')

A very informative site on Anglo-Saxon Heathenry ran out of England.

Englatheod
http://www.englatheod.org

The website of a small Anglo-Saxon Heathen organization based in the USA with roots in the previous organizations of the Angelseaxisce Ealdriht and Miercinga Theod. Lead by author Eric Wodening.

Geferræden Fyrnsidu: The Fellowship of Anglo-Saxon Heathenry
http://fyrnsidu.org/ (http://fyrnsidu.org/)

Another American Angl0-Saxon Heathen organization more modernist in approach than Englatheod.

[WulfcwenStar]

Great thank you I will try to get hold of some of the books on the list at the Library.
The first link did not work but I have that site saved already
my link is this.

http://englishheathenism.homestead.com/

Click the mask to enter the site.

[LivingTemptation]

Thank you for the reading list, and the websites Swain...glad they're not required for the class =)

[spiral]

Thanks for the recommendations! One of the books is available at my library so I'll be getting it out tomorrow, and in searching for it I came across a few others that look interesting as well :)

[Varangian]

Anyone interested in either Sagas,Prose or Historical Texts should check this site out

http://www.northvegr.org/lore/main.php

There dosent appear to be many sites out there which deal with the Heathen age of Anglo-Saxon History in a credible way
This isnt a bad introduction into the History of Mercia

http://www.btinternet.com/~simonmarchini/History/mercian_history.htm#home

Though Ive seen an excellent article on the beginnings of Mercia written by Swain