The role of Æschere’s head
This article draws on evidence from archaeological investigation and land charters to argue for the influence of Anglo-Saxon execution practice on the representation of Æschere’s head in Beowulf. The poet’s depiction of the discovery of the severed head of Hroðgar’s retainer in a space defined as a...
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Oxford University Press
2016
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