MICEL FOLCLAND BIBLIOGRAPHY VIIII

Working on a new version of the bibliography and sharing it here. These books are recommended—or warned against—by members of the group and other medievalists. Please write with any additions you suggest!

REFERENCE

Carnes, Mark (ed.). Past Imperfect: History According to the Movies
A collection of articles contrasting the view of history presented by cinema and by reality.

Cowley, David. How We’d Talk If The English Had Won in 1066
A list of words that have fallen out of the English language because of words introduced after the Norman invasion.

Cowley, David. 1066—Words We’d Wield If We’d Won
Another list of words that have fallen out of the English language because of words introduced after the Norman invasion.

Evans, Bryan. Plain English: A Wealth of Words
A collection of words with an Old English source.

Fraser, George MacDonald. The Hollywood History of the World
A contrast of the view of history presented by cinema and by reality, written by the author of the Flashman books and the screenwriter of the Richard Lester “Three Musketeers” and “Four Musketeers.”

Harty, Kevin J. The Vikings on Film: Essays on Depictions of the Nordic Middle Ages
The subject of Norse on films is examined in several essays.

Love, Matt. Learn Old English with Leofwin
A simplistic and effective book dealing with the learning of Old English.

Mohr, Melissa. Holy Shit: A Brief History of Swearing
An overview of discussion from acient times until the present, with n excellent look at swearing in the early middle ages and why those words we call Anglo-Saxon cuss words are not. Not Suitable for Work, Young Folks or Prudes.

Sharpe, Ian Stewart, Arngrimur Vidalin and Josh Gillingham. Old Norse for Modern Times
Light-hearted list of Old Norse translations of modern terms, such as “Welcome to my man cave” (“Kom Þú Fagnandi I karlhelli varn”)

Videen, Hana. The Wordhord: Daily Life in Old English
A collection of strange, delightful and unexpectedly apt words from the origins of English, which illuminates the lives, beliefs and habits of our linguistic ancestors. These are the roots of our own modern, they will make certain you’ll never see English in the same way again.

Walker, Damian. Reconstructing Hnefatafl
An interesting and useful book on reconstructing hnesfatafl from what has ben found and what can be interpreted.

Zoëga, Geir T. A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic
Excellent reference book, translating Old Norse to English.