Heaven is a place without old age: Age and the afterlife in early medieval England

From the Viking mead drinking in Valhalla to the unending punishments of the Greek underworld, the afterlife has always been an imaginative place. In this blog post, I survey how the afterlife was conceptualised in early medieval England, in particular with reference to ‘old age’. Heaven is a place without old age The prime place…

Teaching Old English on YouTube

This blog post provides some behind-the-scenes information on the rationale and process behind my Old English grammar videos and also announces a new video!

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