Raymond Ian Page
Encyclopedia
Raymond Ian Page is a British historian of Anglo-Saxon
England and the Viking Age
, and a renowned runologist
who has specialized in the study of Anglo-Saxon runes. In 1984 he was appointed Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
at the University of Cambridge
, and he has also been the Parker Librarian at Parker Library, Corpus Christi College. Professor Elmer Antonsen of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign has noted that "serious study of English runes without Raymond Ian Page ... is simply inconceivable"; others praise him as a "meticulous scholar".
Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon may refer to:* Anglo-Saxons, a group that invaded Britain** Old English, their language** Anglo-Saxon England, their history, one of various ships* White Anglo-Saxon Protestant, an ethnicity* Anglo-Saxon economy, modern macroeconomic term...
England and the Viking Age
Viking Age
Viking Age is the term for the period in European history, especially Northern European and Scandinavian history, spanning the late 8th to 11th centuries. Scandinavian Vikings explored Europe by its oceans and rivers through trade and warfare. The Vikings also reached Iceland, Greenland,...
, and a renowned runologist
Runology
Runology is the study of the Runic alphabets, Runic inscriptions and their history. Runology forms a specialized branch of Germanic linguistics.-History:...
who has specialized in the study of Anglo-Saxon runes. In 1984 he was appointed Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
The Elrington and Bosworth Professorship of Anglo-Saxon is the senior professorship in Anglo-Saxon at the University of Cambridge.The chair was founded in 1878 when an earlier gift from Joseph Bosworth, Rawlinsonian Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford, had increased in value sufficiently to support...
at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, and he has also been the Parker Librarian at Parker Library, Corpus Christi College. Professor Elmer Antonsen of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign has noted that "serious study of English runes without Raymond Ian Page ... is simply inconceivable"; others praise him as a "meticulous scholar".
Works
- 1970. Life in Anglo-Saxon England. London: Batsford.
- 1973. An Introduction to English Runes. London: Methuen. 2nd ed. Boydell Press, 2006. ISBN 978085115946X.
- 1985. Anglo-Saxon Aptitudes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521313880.
- 1987. "A Most Vile People": Early English Historians on the Vikings. London: Viking Society for Northern Research.
- 1987. Runes. (Reading the past series). London: British Museum Press. ISBN 9780714180656.
- 1990. Norse Myths. London: British Museum Press. ISBN 0714120626.
- 1995. Chronicles of the Vikings: Records, Memorials and Myths. London: British Museum Press. ISBN 0-8020-0803-8.
- 1995. Runes and Runic Inscriptions: Collected Essays on Anglo-Saxon and Viking Runes. Woodbridge: Boydell Press. ISBN 0851153879.
- 1999. The Icelandic Rune-Poem. London: Viking Society for Northern Research. ISBN 0903521431.