ROEP (Resources for Old English Prose) provides targeted resources for university researchers and instructors, secondary- and primary-school teachers and interested members of the public. From the law code of King Æthelberht of Kent, dating from 601, to the ambitious renderings of Latin classics produced during and soon after the reign of King Alfred of Wessex (871–899) and the emergence of the first great English prose stylists, Ælfric of Eynsham and Wulfstan of York, in the late tenth century, the story of Old English prose is one of adaptation, innovation and remarkable achievement.
This page provides information about the project and links to resources. The website will provide the first annotated bibliography of Old English prose, texts, translations and audio recordings of prose works, commissioned essays, blogs, a timeline and map, as well as and images of artefacts and manuscripts.
This project is funded by Francis Leneghan’s AHRC Research, Development and Engagement Fellowship, ‘Writing Pre-Conquest England: A New History of Old English Prose’ (grant number AH/Y003276/1).
