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I saw a pretty cool video by Adam Walker about the reading list of 1983 Harvard students, and I thought it would be a cool idea to make an 8th century Northern English version. What kinds of things would a well-educated young man or woman be reading for their education in early-medieval Northumbria? Watch this video to find out!

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Cori's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCmPGlkNvzBZlQMbZd2LzxlA

Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction

01:33 - Theology and Philosophy

09:05 - Leisure and Entertainment

16:16 - History

18:28 - The Trivium

26:36 - The Quadrivium

Here are some links to some of the books in this list. These are Amazon affiliate links, so buying the book through these links (don't worry it doesn't cost any more) actually helps the channel out. Thank you!

Vulgate Heptateuch: https://amzn.to/4qLW2f6

Vulgate Poetical Books: https://amzn.to/4hHeIbL

Vulgate New Testament: https://amzn.to/4ooMyVv

Confessions Volume 1: https://amzn.to/3JjfJKp

Confessions Volume 2: https://amzn.to/4hIadOa

Consolation of Philosophy: https://amzn.to/3JIFe7W

King Ælfred's version of the Cura Pastoralis: https://amzn.to/3XbXv0s

Aeneid, Volume 1: https://amzn.to/3WCrezy

Aeneid, Volume 2: https://amzn.to/43e4qKd

Lucan's Pharsalia: https://amzn.to/43HNHis

Thebaid Volume 1: https://amzn.to/4qHWaw6

Thebaid Volume 2: https://amzn.to/3Lnyugg

Beowulf: https://amzn.to/47ogqLI

Orosius (just translation): https://amzn.to/47JkNzR

Bede's History Volume 1: https://amzn.to/4nVyAcN

Bede's History Volume 2: https://amzn.to/3X7Ogyn

Aristotle's Categories: https://amzn.to/3WCH5hv

De Inventione: https://amzn.to/4nAIQ9S

Isidore's Etymologiae (just translation): https://amzn.to/3JFN2HA

Somnium Scipionis: https://amzn.to/4on2VSg

Pliny's History Volume 1: https://amzn.to/4ofWC2U

(there are quite a few volumes of this gigantic work...

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