Paul Bibire
Encyclopedia
Paul Bibire is an author and former lecturer at the University of St Andrews
in Scotland and Cambridge University. His area is Anglo Saxon
and Old Norse
and he has written many articles on these and related subjects. Bibire is also a keen enthusiast of the author J. R. R. Tolkien
whom he credits as the motivation for his academic career.
He co-edited with Gareth Williams a book entitled 'Sagas, Saints and Settlements' from a 1996 interdisciplinary symposium at the University of St. Andrews, exploring the history, culture, and literature of the Viking Age and medieval Iceland
and Scandinavia
. ('Sagas, Saints and Sacrifice' is the same book under a previous title.)
University of St Andrews
The University of St Andrews, informally referred to as "St Andrews", is the oldest university in Scotland and the third oldest in the English-speaking world after Oxford and Cambridge. The university is situated in the town of St Andrews, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It was founded between...
in Scotland and Cambridge University. His area is Anglo Saxon
Old English language
Old English or Anglo-Saxon is an early form of the English language that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons and their descendants in parts of what are now England and southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century...
and Old Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
and he has written many articles on these and related subjects. Bibire is also a keen enthusiast of the author J. R. R. Tolkien
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,...
whom he credits as the motivation for his academic career.
He co-edited with Gareth Williams a book entitled 'Sagas, Saints and Settlements' from a 1996 interdisciplinary symposium at the University of St. Andrews, exploring the history, culture, and literature of the Viking Age and medieval Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
and Scandinavia
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
. ('Sagas, Saints and Sacrifice' is the same book under a previous title.)