Árni Magnússon was particularly interested in texts about Icelandic history. He scoured the market, almost draining Iceland of medieval literature, and built a large collection of handwritten bo ...

An Environmental History of Medieval Europe. Cambridge ... A Companion to Old Norse-Icelandic Literature and Culture. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2007. Sigurðsson, Gísli. "Constructing a Past to Suit the ...

Dr. Jana K. Schulman, professor of English and director of the WMU Medieval Institute, has received a $180,000 award from the National Endowment for the Humanities. "Teaching 'Beowulf' in the Context ...