Alfred the Great

By John Asser, Anonymous

This comprehensive collection includes Asser's Life of Alfred, extracts from The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and Alfred's own writings, laws, and will.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the l...

Selections from the Carmina Burana

By Anonymous

This is a selection from the 13the century collection of secular latin poems. Some are serious (eg Crusade poems) but the majority are light, including many love poems. A number of items from the C...

King Arthur's Death (Penguin Classics)

By Anonymous

The Poem of the Cid

By Rita Hamilton, Anonymous

One of the finest of epic poems, and the only one to have survived from medieval Spain, The Poem of the Cid recounts the adventures of the warlord and nobleman Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar - 'Mio Cid'. A...

The Laws of Manu

By Manu, Manu Lawgiver

The Laws of Manu form a towering work of Hindu philosophy. Composed by many Brahmin priests, this is an extraordinary, encyclopaedic representation of human life in the world, and how it should be...

The Koran: With Parallel Arabic Text

By N. J. Dawood, Anonymous

Ancrene Wisse: Guide For Anchoresses

By Anonymous

The Psalms in English

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The Classic of Mountains and Seas

By Anonymous

This major source of Chinese mythology (third century BC to second century AD) contains a treasure trove of rare data and colorful fiction about the mythical figures, rituals, medicine, natural his...

The Epic of Gilgamesh

By Anonymous