ABSTRACT
Introduction – Relating to Formative 1 – Heroic literature – The Cattle Raid of Cooley – Heroic literature of Britain–Beowulf – The broader Germanic picture – The Old Testament – Relating to Formative 2 – The New Testament – Monastic manuals – Adomnán’s Life of Columba – Bede’s History of the English Church and People – Annals and chronicles – Relating to Formative 3 – The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle – Sagas – Pictures in books – Handbooks – Historical frameworks – Reflections
