Forgotten Ground Regained
Jere Fleck
Jere Fleck (1936-2017) was a professor of Germanic languages at the University of Maryland and a member of the Society For Creative Anachronism, where he was known as Geirr Bassi Haroldsson. He was also a member of Markland Medieval Mercenary Militia. Several of his alliterative poems appear in Dennis Wise's critical anthology of modern alliterative verse, including:
- Ode to the Two Earls (Tveggja Jarla Drápa)
- Coronation Ode (Konungsvígsludrápa)
- Dream Ode in Long Lines (Draumdrápa hrynhend)
- Comparison of Kings (Konungajafnaðr)
- Ravens’ Rede (Hrafnatal)
- Markland’s Coronation Oath
- Markland’s Wedding Oath