Bolland – Thijs Porck

3 Aug 20164 Aug 2018 thijsporck Beowulf, G. J. P. J. Bolland, History of Old English Studies, P. J. Cosijn

“A conspicuous specimen of Anglosaxon poetry”: A student summary of Beowulf from 1880

One of the earliest student summaries of Beowulf survives in the drafts of a work by Dutch schoolmaster G. J. P. J. Bolland (1852-1922).

29 May 201623 Feb 2022 thijsporck G. J. P. J. Bolland, Henry Sweet, History of Old English Studies, P. J. Cosijn

Henry Sweet: The Man Who Taught the World Old English

Henry Sweet (1845-1912) was a remarkable scholar who laid some of the foundations for the academic study of Old English. This blog provides an overview of Sweet’s publications with respect to Old English and Anglo-Saxon texts. It also relates how a nineteenth-century Dutch student of Old English felt utterly insulted by Sweet, who had ignored him … Continue reading Henry Sweet: The Man Who Taught the World Old English