Folklore

 

Bord, Janet and Colin. Atlas of Magical Britain. (London: Bracken 1993).

-- Mysterious Britain: Ancient Secrets of the United Kingdom and Ireland. (London: Granada 1974).

Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm (tr. David Luke). Selected Tales. (Harmondsworth: Penguin 1982).

Westwood, Jennifer. Albion: A Guide to Legendary Britain. (London: Harper Collins 1994).

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History and Archaeology

 

Alcock, Leslie. Arthur’s Britain. (Harmondsworth: Penguin 1973).

Byrne, F.J. Irish Kings and High-Kings. (New York: St Martin's Press 1973).

Castleden, Rodney. King Arthur: The Truth Behind the Legend. (London: Routledge 2000).

Chadwick, H.M. The Heroic Age. (Cambridge: Cambridge UP 1912).

Duncan, Anthony. The Elements of Celtic Christianity. (Shaftesbury: Element 1992).

MacDowall, Simon. Germanic Warrior 236-568 AD (London: Osprey 1996)

-- Late Roman Cavalryman 236-565 AD. (London: Osprey 1995).

Hedeager, Lotte. Iron-age Societies. (Oxford: Blackwell 1992).

Morris, John. The Age of Arthur. (1973)

Nicolle, David. Romano-Byzantine Armies 4th-9th Centuries. (London: Osprey 1992).

-- Attila and the Nomad Hordes. (London: Osprey 1990).

-- Arthur and the Anglo-Saxon Wars. (London: Osprey 1984).

Todd, Malcolm. The Early Germans. (Oxford: Blackwell 1992).

Wilcox, Peter. Rome’s Enemies (3): Parthians and Sassanid Persians. (London: Osprey 1986).

Wolfram, Herwig (tr. Thomas J. Dunlap). History of the Goths. (Berkeley: University of California Press 1990).

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Historical Fiction

 

Bengtsson, Frans (tr. Michael Meyer). The Long Ships. (London: Collins 1954).

Duggan, Alfred. Conscience of the King. (London: Faber and Faber 1962).

Stewart, Mary. The Crystal Cave et al.

Sutcliff, Rosemary. The Lantern Bearers. (London: Oxford UP 1972).

Treece, Henry. The Great Captains. (Manchester: Savoy 1980).

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Myth and Legend

 

Davidson, H.R. Ellis. Gods and Myths of Northern Europe. (Harmondsworth: Penguin 1964)

-- Myths and Symbols in Pagan Europe. (Syracuse: Syracuse UP, 1988).

Dumezil,G. Gods of the Ancient Norsemen. (Berkeley: University of California Press 1970).

Heaney, Seamus (tr.). Beowulf. (London: Faber and Faber 1999).

Heaney, Marie. Over Nine Waves: A Book of Irish Legends. (London: Faber and Faber 1994).

Jackson, Kenneth Hurlstone (tr.) A Celtic Miscellany: Translations from the Celtic Literatures. (Harmondsworth: Penguin 1971).

Jones, Gwyn and Jones, Thomas (tr.). The Mabinogion. (London: Dent 1974).

Kinsella, Thomas (tr.). The Tain. (London: Oxford UP 1970).

Mowatt, D.G. (tr.). The Nibelungenlied. (London: Dent 1962).

Rolleston, T.W. The High Deeds of Finn and Other Bardic Romances of Ancient Ireland. (London: George G. Harrap and Co. 1910).

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Roleplaying Games

 

Carnahan, John et al. Pagan Shore: Ireland in the Age of King Arthur. (Oakland: Chaosium 1994).

Corless, Peter et al. Saxons! Wolves in the Fold of Arthur’s Britain. (Mountain View: Green Knight 1999).

Hind, Chris et al. Land of Giants: Scandinavia and the Beowulf Saga in the Time of King Arthur. (Oakland: Chaosium 1996).

Lampard, Chris et al. Beyond the Wall: Pictland and the North. (Oakland: Chaosium 1995).

Laws, Robin and Stafford, Greg. HeroQuest. (Berkeley: Issaries 2003).

Stafford, Greg. Prince Valiant. (Oakland: Chaosium, 1990).

Stafford, Greg et al. Pendragon: Epic Roleplaying in Legendary Britain. (Oakland: Chaosium 1993).

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Links

 

ORB for Medieval Studies

The Internet Medieval Sourcebook

The Catholic Encyclopedia

The Visigothic Code

 

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