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  • Runes: A Concise History

    Runes: A Concise History - Hardcover

    Runes: A Concise History - Hardcover

    By Tom Birkett

About Tom Birkett Books

Tom Birkett is Professor of Old English at University College Cork, Ireland. He completed his D.Phil. on runes in literature at the University of Oxford, and has published extensively on the runic script, Old English and Old Norse poetry, and the reception of medieval literature. In 2016-17, he ran a major project on the perception of the Vikings in Britain and Ireland and is currently leading a project mapping the reception of the Vikings across Europe funded by the European Research Council. His research is committed to breaking down the barriers between the academy and public medievalism, and he has spent several summers sailing with the Danish crew of the reconstructed Viking ship "Sea Stallion."