• From the history and culture of Anglo-Saxon England, and Celtic languages to Viking exploits – Anglo-Saxon, Norse, and Celtic (ASNC) allows students to explore a range of cultures, and to look at history, language and literature side by side.
  • ASNC focuses on the history, material culture, languages and literature of the peoples of Britain, Ireland and the Scandinavian world in the earlier Middle Ages.
  • ASNC students discover medieval history while learning one or more languages and reading great works of literature in the original languages, such as the Old English poem Beowulf, the epic medieval Irish tale Táin Bó Cúailnge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley) and Icelandic sagas. Exactly which areas the students study and to what depth is largely up to them, and to support their learning Cambridge has rare and exceptional resources to offer in the University Library, the College libraries, and in the Fitzwilliam and other museums.