Stephen Pollington Explained
Stephen Pollington is an English author who specialises in Anglo-Saxon England and the Old English language who has written a number of books on the subject, most of which have been published by the company Anglo-Saxon Books.
In 2010, Pollington co-authored Wayland's Work: Anglo-Saxon Art, Myth and Material Culture 4th-7th Century with Lindsay Kerr and Brett Hammond. It received a positive review in Antiquaries Journal for its "synthesis of current knowledge."[1] The Council for British Archaeology's magazine British Archaeology, however, was largely critical of the use of "original research and non specialist summary."[2] A paper based on his keynote speech at the Cambridge conference ‘Medieval Feasting, Hospitality and Gift-Exchange’ (August 2009) was published as ‘The Mead-Hall Community’ in Journal of Medieval History Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2011.
He provided the voice of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the Mayavision - BBC television series King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons in which the Chronicle entries were read in Old English.
Pollington co-authored a report on the making of a replica of the Sutton Hoo stone with Paul Mortimer and its wider implications, from which he was invited to present a paper at the Wystawa podczas konferencji archeologicznej w Bytowie in September 2014 (proceedings forthcoming).
Publications
- Book: Pollington, Stephen . The Warrior's Way: England in the Viking Age . 1989 . Blandford . 978-0-7137-2120-1 .
- Book: Pollington, Stephen . Wordcraft: New English to Old English Dictionary and Thesaurus . 2009 . 4 . Anglo-Saxon Books . 978-1-898281-53-5 .
- Book: Pollington, Stephen . An Introduction to the Old English Language and its Literature . 1996 . revised . Anglo-Saxon Books . 978-1-898281-06-1 .
- Book: Pollington, Stephen . First Steps in Old English . 2004 . 3 . Anglo-Saxon Books . 978-1-898281-19-1 .
- Book: Pollington, Stephen . Rudiments of Runelore . 2008 . 3 . Anglo-Saxon Books . 978-1-898281-16-0 .
- Book: Pollington, Stephen . The English Warrior from Earliest Times till 1066 . 2001 . revised . Anglo-Saxon Books . 978-1-898281-27-6 .
- Book: Pollington, Stephen . Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plantlore and Healing . 2000 . Anglo-Saxon Books . 978-1-898281-47-4 .
- Book: Pollington, Stephen . Mead Hall: The Feasting Tradition in Anglo-Saxon England . 2009 . 2 . Anglo-Saxon Books . 978-1-898281-54-2 .
- Book: Pollington, Stephen . Anglo-Saxon Burial Mounds: princely burial in the 6th & 7th centuries . 2008 . Anglo-Saxon Books . 978-1-898281-51-1 .
- Book: Pollington, Stephen . Anglo-Saxon FAQs . 2008 . Anglo-Saxon Books . 978-1-898281-50-4 .
- Book: Stephen . Pollington . Lindsay . Kerr . Brett . Hammond . Wayland's Work: Anglo-Saxon Art, Myth and Material Culture 4th-7th Century . 2010 . Anglo-Saxon Books . 978-1-898281-56-6 .
- Book: Pollington, Stephen . The Elder Gods: The Otherworld of Early England . 2011 . Anglo-Saxon Books (Little Downham, Cambs.) . 978-1-898281-64-1 .
- Book: Paul. Mortimer. Stephen . Pollington . Remaking the Sutton Hoo Stone: The Ansell-Roper Replica and Its Context . 2013 . Anglo-Saxon Books (Little Downham, Cambs.) . 978-1-898281-69-6 .
- Book: Pollington, Stephen . Runes: Literacy in the Germanic Iron Age. 2016 . Anglo-Saxon Books (Little Downham, Cambs.) . 9781898281757 .
- Book: Pollington, Stephen . Runes: L'Alphabétisation Durant l'Âge Du Fer Germanique . 2019 . Editions Heimdall (Bayeux) . 978-2840484929.
References
- Academic books
- Hills . Catherine . September–October 2011 . Book review of Waylands Work . British Archaeology . 120 . 54 - 56 . Hil11.
Further reading
Notes and References
- The Antiquaries Journal 1 September 2011 91 : pp 366–367
- [#Hil11|Hills 2011]
