History With Hilbert

The Dream of the Rood | Old English Easter Elegy Or Secret Pagan Poem? (2020x20)

Air date: Apr 13, 2020

So I've decided to move the content on my second channel Vlogs in Clogs through as a section on here on the main channel. So it's basically just a normal video on a theme but outdoors and in a vlog-style whilst I'm walking. Note that no walkers were sneezed on during the making of this production. Today I wanted to talk about the Dream of the Rood, as it was Easter Sunday and the poem is an Old English, Anglo-Saxon one about the crucifixion and the resurrection as well as more broadly some themes on conversion and the Anglo-Saxon conversion from paganism to Christianity and how this might have come about and manifested in the literature of the time. Further Reading: "A Choice of Anglo-Saxon Verse" - Richard Hamer (This is the edition I'm reading from which has facing translations of the Old English Dream of the Rood as well as most of the other, more famous poetry written in the language.) Further Videos Of Mine: Old English with Cefin Beorn of Leornende Eald Englisc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kw6dIxg6PjE Old English Sound Change in Strong Verbs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zRW3HuQV0Q&t=454s The History of the Viking Age in England: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNQM29ZUXvk&t=38s The History of Viking Age York: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GQoKogCIN4 Go Fund My Windmills (Patreon): https://www.patreon.com/HistorywithHilbert Dive into Discord: https://discordapp.com/invite/UMzHMtA?fbclid=IwAR371psEo9VsqZ36Ukpuh6xS9YzY2xuV07qfHMcnsUIZjHgzovHaUdWw9ec Join in the Banter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistorywHilbert Enter the Fray on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HistorywHilbert/ Indulge in some Instagram..?(the alliteration needs to stop): https://www.instagram.com/historywithhilbert/ Send me an email if you'd be interested in doing a collaboration! historywithhilbert@gmail.com #AngloSaxon #OldEnglish #Medieval