Post Tagged with: "Anglo-Saxon"

West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Hosts RingQuest

To celebrate the final part of The Hobbit trilogy, explore the West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village & Country Park in this J.R.R. Tolkien themed family adventure. Venue West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village Opening Times 10:00 a.m. 14-22 […]

Dr. Higgen’s Anglo-Saxon Community in J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’

Available now from Oloris Publishing, Dr. Deborah A. Higgen’s Anglo-Saxon Community in J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’ will add to the field of Tolkien scholarship a detailed study of how Tolkien entered into […]

Beowulf: The Lost King of Rohan

An Anglo-Saxon Connection The Anglo-Saxon epic has been acknowledged many times as one of the major sources of inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. The world in the poem is easily comparable to Rohan […]

The Riddles of the Hobbit: An Enchanting Exploration

The Riddles of the Hobbit, by Adam Roberts, Professor of Nineteenth-century Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London, and author of more than a dozen science fiction novels, is a critical examination of the notion […]

Announcing ‘Anglo-Saxon Community in J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings” by Dr. Deborah A. Higgens

Embracing elements of an ancient lifestyle which he valued greatly, yet which he viewed as diminishing in modern-day society, J.R.R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings reveals to his readers a world as broad and as deep […]

West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village’s Real Life Hobbit-hole and Ring Quest

If you would like to go on your own quest or see a real-life Hobbit hole, the West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village is the place to be! The West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village is one of the great archaeological sites in […]