Books on Runes are not legion in France. Ever since the "Introduction to Runology" by Lucien Musset in 1965, very few works have been published on this subject which is nonetheless very rich. This new work enables the various opportunities of research on the appearance of the runes in Northern Europe to be analysed and understood. The author deals with all the theories that have been voiced and gives a novel analysis to runic inscriptions. He details the main epigraphic sources in old Futhark of the German Iron Age and places them in their historical context. This work also offers an ...