An apology for the study of northern antiquities

Name: An apology for the study of northern antiquities
Author: Elizabeth Elstob

by Elizabeth Elstob

EN·~1 hours

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Description

This text is the introduction to the author's "Rudiments of Grammar for the English-Saxon Tongue"

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Language

Duration

~1 hours (69K characters)

Series

Augustan Reprint Society, publication number 61

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

Los Angeles: The Augustan Reprint Society, 1956

Credits

Produced by David Starner, Louise Hope and the Online Distributed

Release date

2005-03-11

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Germanic languages English language -- Old English, ca. 450-1100 Hickes, George, 1642-1715

About the author

Elizabeth Elstob

1683–1756

A pioneering scholar of Old English, she helped bring Anglo-Saxon language and literature to a wider readership at a time when very few women were recognized in the field. Her work combined serious learning with a determination to preserve early English texts and traditions.

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