Further Reading for Literary Heritage by Jill Fenton https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy en-us 2022-12-12 17:16:38 UTC 2025-11-21 16:34:32 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/1647173538/236d2fc318ee4ece9b6be74d989f5aaf/73e2b3c1d0e790c92928036e2bfd368e.webp Beowulf by Michael Morpurgo jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418113816 In fifth-century Denmark, a murderous monster stalks the night, and only the great prince of the Geats has the strength and courage to defeat him. Beowulf's terrifying quest to destroy Grendel, the foul fiend, a hideous sea-hag and a monstrous fire-dragon is the oldest surviving epic in British literature. Artfully retold and magnificently illustrated, this companion volume to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is made instantly accessible to children by a formidable children's book partnership.
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Reserve here]]> 2022-12-12 17:24:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418118950 British Library: Beowulf Manuscript jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418131977 Beowulf is the longest epic poem in Old English, the language spoken in Anglo-Saxon England before the Norman Conquest. More than 3,000 lines long, Beowulf relates the exploits of its eponymous hero, and his successive battles with a monster named Grendel, with Grendel’s revengeful mother, and with a dragon which was guarding a hoard of treasure.]]> 2022-12-12 17:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418131977 National Library of Wales: Chaucer and The Canterbury Tales jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418133794 Showcasing one of The National Library's greatest treasures: the Hengwrt manuscript of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, the earliest surviving copy of this literary masterpiece.]]> 2022-12-12 17:35:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418133794 Medieval Reading and Writing Tools jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418136145 Replicas of writing tools from medieval timies]]> 2022-12-12 17:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418136145 Portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer (held in the Bodleian Library, Oxford) jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418140829 2022-12-12 17:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418140829 Useful Encyclopedia Britannica links jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418152855 Information on Chaucer, Beowulf, Old English]]> 2022-12-12 17:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418152855 A brief history of Headington jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418956228 A Headington Timeline]]> 2022-12-13 09:51:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418956228 Sir Gwain and the Green Knight by Michael Morpurgo jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418962463 The classic Arthurian legend is brilliantly recreated by an award-winning author/illustrator team. Of all the tales of the Knights of the Round Table, the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is surely the most magical.

Here are thrills and enchantment, chivalry and courage, a challenge and a quest.

Its hero is the greatest of all King Arthur's knights, Sir Gawain.

His adversary is the fearsome Green Knight, who rides into Camelot one New Year's Eve with a challenge that strikes dread into Arthur's court.

For Gawain, it is the start of an extraordinary adventure.

]]> 2022-12-13 09:56:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418962463 How to write a recount or an eyewitness account jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418964766 2022-12-13 09:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418964766 What is a Sonnet? jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418971780 2022-12-13 10:04:57 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2418971780 The Vikings jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2419004477 Children can find out what it was like to be a Viking, and learn about Viking homes, feasts, boats, gods and much more in this fascinating book. Colourful illustrations on every page show Viking life in a village and on a raid, alongside full-colour photographs of historical artefacts such as helmets, coins and tools. Perfect for readers who prefer fact to fiction, and those studying the Vikings at school. Internet links take readers to specially selected websites to find out more.
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The Vikings p102

]]> 2022-12-13 10:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2419019817 History of Britain jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2419079294 Vikings and raiders - p46
The Normans - p66 - 73
Chaucer - p110
Shakespeare - pp154-55]]> 2022-12-13 11:56:26 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2419079294 DK Find Out: Vikings jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2419088177 Includes pages on words and music and writing in runes]]> 2022-12-13 12:06:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2419088177 The Secret In The Tower jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2419092429 In 15th century England, a teenage boy becomes embroiled in political plots when he is mistaken for the royal prince

Can you imagine how your life might change if you discovered you look exactly like a royal prince?
1485. Richard III is King of England. Henry Tudor's invasion looms. Jack Broom thinks that war and politics have nothing to do with him. He is a simple apothecary's boy dreaming of becoming a surgeon - until soldiers mistake him for a boy of noble birth. Narrowly avoiding being dragged to the Tower of London, Jack sets out on a perilous mission to find out who he truly is. With the help of his new friend Alice, he uncovers conspiracies, treason, and the deadly lengths people will go to for power.]]> 2022-12-13 12:10:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2419092429 Gatty's Tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland jfe5 https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2419095068 Gatty sets out with a group of other travellers on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem

In the year 1203, nine companions set out on a great pilgrimage. The journey - on foot, on horseback and by sea - is fraught with danger. Not all of them will come home.

Among them is Gatty, whose whole life has been spent working in the fields. Bright, eager and resolute, she is at the heart of this enthralling novel that sweeps across Europe towards Jerusalem. We come to know the pilgrims intimately - their bickering, praying and joking, their fear and exhaustion, their loyalty and sacrifice as they face thieves and storms and precipices, a vicious attack and a heartbreaking bereavement. Gatty's curiosity and reckless impulsiveness land her in danger, yet she is transformed by her experiences and by her exposure to new people and new ideas. How can she go back to her old life in the Welsh Marches after this? And will she see again the one person she can tell her heart to?]]> 2022-12-13 12:13:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jfe5/pibtxfd5mc4okysy/wish/2419095068