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Caedmon

Books by Caedmon

Caedmon's Hymn Cover image

Caedmon's Hymn

Poetry History Religion
Dream God Poetry Inspiration Christian Old English Anglo-Saxon Hymn Alliteration Religious Poetry Early English Literature Streonæshalch Monastery Herdsman

Cædmon was an Anglo-Saxon herdsman attached to the double monastery of Streonæshalch (657–681). Originally ignorant of the art of song, Cædmon learned to compose one night in the course of a dream. Cædmon’s only known surviving work is Cædmon’s Hymn,...