Medieval Living

Ever been interested in what Anglo-Saxon poems might sound like? I remember one of my first English professors reading a poem in Old English – while I thought it was interesting at the time, it was not something that I was going to follow up on . . . until now. My previous post on sources for bards and other storytellers led me to search a little deeper – for something similar to my earlier experience with Old English. I found that Michael D. C. Drout, Prentice Professor of English at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusettes, has an extensive library of Old English readings. Actually, he has the entire Anglo-Saxon Poetic Records in audio format. Entitled Anglo-Saxon Aloud, Professor Drout reads for us such things as “The Battle of Molden”, “The Seafarer”, and “The Wanderer”. Do one of these at your next bardic circle, eh!?!