Text in French
Books on Runes are not legion in France. Ever sincethe "Introduction to
Runology" by Lucien Musset in1965, very few works have been published on
thissubject which is nonetheless very rich.This new work enables the
various opportunitiesof research on the appearance of the runes in
NorthernEurope to be analysed and understood. Theauthor deals with all
the theories that have beenvoiced and gives a novel analysis to runic
inscriptions.He details the main epigraphic sources in oldFuÞark of the
German Iron Age and places themin their historical context. This work
also offers aninteresting analysis of the symbolism of the different
types of inscriptions, like "ALU", "LAUKAZ" or "OTA".Understanding these
recurrent inscriptions throughout Northern Europe, enables one to revive
the mentaluniverse of these ancient Germans.Stephen Pollington is a
British author who is well known in the United Kingdom for his numerous
booksand articles on the ancient history of Northern Europe. The first
version of this book was published in2016 with Anglo-Saxon Books and
intended for the English public. With the French edition, the authorhas
added new, unpublished entries, centred on discoveries made in France as
well as the entries alreadypresent in the English version.
