In Geardagum IV: Essays on Old English Language and Literature

From the "This fourth collection under the title In Geardagum ventures into new areas and ages-- middle English and history. Alain Renoir argues eloquently for the preservation of Old English studies, Tadao Kubouchi confirms the modernity of Rolle's prose, Alexandra Olsen demonstrates the talent of at least one of the Vercelli homilists, and Thomas Shippey locates a lost army! Each of these essays, in its own way, accomplishes what is urged in the first. Each also provides a reason for enlarging the scope of C. S. Lewis' "our own stuff."