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Philological inquiries 1: method and merovingians

This is the first of a series of columns on philology. Philology is the foundation of humane letters, and we demonstrate the utility of the approach by discussing Tom Shippey's examination of the word "Merovingian" in Beowulf. The philological approach is shown to illuminate culture, history and politics and shed new light on an old problem.

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