Stephen Pollington

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Stephen Pollington is an English author who specialises in Anglo-Saxon England and the Old English language who has written a number of books on the subject, most of which have been published by the company Anglo-Saxon Books.

In 2010, Pollington co-authored Wayland's Work: Anglo-Saxon Art, Myth and Material Culture 4th-7th Century with Lindsay Kerr and Brett Hammond. It received a positive review in Antiquaries Journal for its "synthesis of current knowledge."^[1] The Council for British Archaeology's magazine British Archaeology, however, was largely critical of the use of "original research and non specialist summary."^[2] A paper based on his keynote speech at the Cambridge conference ‘Medieval Feasting, Hospitality and Gift-Exchange’ (August 2009) was published as ‘The Mead-Hall Community’ in Journal of Medieval History Volume 37, Issue 1, March 2011.

He provided the voice of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle for the Mayavision - BBC television series King Alfred and the Anglo Saxons in which the Chronicle entries were read in Old English.

Pollington co-authored a report on the making of a replica of the Sutton Hoo stone with Paul Mortimer and its wider implications, from which he was invited to present a paper at the Wystawa podczas konferencji archeologicznej w Bytowie in September 2014 (proceedings forthcoming).

• Pollington, Stephen (1989). The Warrior's Way: England in the Viking Age. Blandford. ISBN 978-0-7137-2120-1.
• Pollington, Stephen (2009). Wordcraft: New English to Old English Dictionary and Thesaurus (4 ed.). Anglo-Saxon Books. ISBN 978-1-898281-53-5.
• Pollington, Stephen (1996). An Introduction to the Old English Language and its Literature (revised ed.). Anglo-Saxon Books. ISBN 978-1-898281-06-1.
• Pollington, Stephen (2004). First Steps in Old English (3 ed.). Anglo-Saxon Books. ISBN 978-1-898281-19-1.
• Pollington, Stephen (2008). Rudiments of Runelore (3 ed.). Anglo-Saxon Books. ISBN 978-1-898281-16-0.
• Pollington, Stephen (2001). The English Warrior from Earliest Times till 1066 (revised ed.). Anglo-Saxon Books. ISBN 978-1-898281-27-6.
• Pollington, Stephen (2000). Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plantlore and Healing. Anglo-Saxon Books. ISBN 978-1-898281-47-4.
• Pollington, Stephen (2009). Mead Hall: The Feasting Tradition in Anglo-Saxon England (2 ed.). Anglo-Saxon Books. ISBN 978-1-898281-54-2.
• Pollington, Stephen (2008). Anglo-Saxon Burial Mounds: princely burial in the 6th & 7th centuries. Anglo-Saxon Books. ISBN 978-1-898281-51-1.
• Pollington, Stephen (2008). Anglo-Saxon FAQs. Anglo-Saxon Books. ISBN 978-1-898281-50-4.
• Pollington, Stephen; Kerr, Lindsay; Hammond, Brett (2010). Wayland's Work: Anglo-Saxon Art, Myth and Material Culture 4th-7th Century. Anglo-Saxon Books. ISBN 978-1-898281-56-6.
• Pollington, Stephen (2011). The Elder Gods: The Otherworld of Early England. Anglo-Saxon Books (Little Downham, Cambs.). ISBN 978-1-898281-64-1.
• Pollington, Stephen; Mortimer, Paul (2013). Remaking the Sutton Hoo Stone: The Ansell-Roper Replica and Its Context. Anglo-Saxon Books (Little Downham, Cambs.). ISBN 978-1-898281-69-6.
• Pollington, Stephen (2016). Runes: Literacy in the Germanic Iron Age. Anglo-Saxon Books (Little Downham, Cambs.). ISBN 9781898281757.
• Pollington, Stephen (2019). Runes: L'Alphabétisation Durant l'Âge Du Fer Germanique. Editions Heimdall (Bayeux). ISBN 978-2840484929.
• Pollington, Stephen (2024). Woden: A Historical Companion. London: Uppsala Books. ISBN 978-1-961361-06-5.

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