EL1102 Studying English in Context
Useful links on the external history of English
 

This is only a small representative list of the things that you can get hold of in the Web. If you have found some interesting Web pages, please do let me know, and I'll be happy to include the link on this page. The information you get from the Web is very varied, ranging from fairly detailed and esoteric to rather chatty and humorous ones. Notwithstanding the information available from the Web, for a more even approach, students are very strongly encouraged to consult published texts (some of which are mentioned in the EL1102 outline and reading list). Students should also watch the television programme The Story of English, available in video from the Central Library. The relevant episode to watch is No. 2 (The Mother Tongue), although the other episodes are also relevant to the module.


The Romans (BBC education): http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/romans/

The Celts: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/English/people/russom/ancient/celts.html

Celts & Saxons homepage: http://www.primenet.com/~lconley/index.html

The Anglo-Saxons: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/English/people/russom/ancient/anglos.html

Regia Anglorum: Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Norman and British Living History: http://www.ftech.net/~regia/regblurb.htm

Old English Literature: http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/library/oe/oe.html

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: http://www.georgetown.edu/labyrinth/library/oe/texts/asc/index.html

The Norse: http://www.brown.edu/Departments/English/people/russom/ancient/norse.html

The Viking Home Page: http://control.chalmers.se/vikings/viking.html

Norman conquest 1066: http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/simonides/links/norman.html

The battle of Hastings: http://www.ftech.net/~regia/hastings.htm

The battle of Hastings 1066: http://battle1066.com/

Battle of Hastings 1066: http://www.camelot-group.com/heritage/batthast.html

Welcome Saxons and Normans (re-enactments): http://207.49.108.198/phase2/sunfire/

The Bayeux tapestry (a tapestry that tells the story of the Norman conquest): http://alethea.ukc.ac.uk/SU/Societies/deBec/Tapestry/txtintro.html

Internet Medieval sourcebook: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook.html


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