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Background and Introduction Beowulf Background and Introduction

Invasion of the British Isles 800-600 B.C. Celtic invasion Brythons (Britons) in Britain and Gaels in Ireland (clan culture) 55 B.C.- Roman invasion (establishment of towns, introduction to Christianity) 407 A.D. – Romans leave British Isles 5th Century (449 A.D.) Anglo-Saxon invasion (Germanic tribes). Celts flee but leave Christian customs

Viking Invasion 9th Century Norse invade Scotland, Wales, Ireland Danes invade southern England Anglo-Saxons maintain power and Christian values against pagan Vikings 871 A.D. Alfred the Great establishes Saxon rule, promotes rebirth of learning and culture 1066 A.D. Anglo-Saxon rule falls to Normans (North men, Vikings) with death of King Edward

Anglo-Saxon Literature Epic vs. Elegiac poetry The role of the scop Alliteration Assonance Caesura Kennings

Beowulf Composed by single Christian author for a Christian audience Sometime in the 8th -11th centuries Epic Poem Comitatus – Germanic code of loyalty Thanes – warriors swearing loyalty to kings in return for land, treasures

Old English Old English is also known as Anglo-Saxon 449-1100 Runic alphabet http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactive/timelines/la nguage_timeline/index_embed.shtml http://faculty.virginia.edu/OldEnglish/Beowulf.Readi ngs/Beowulf.Readings.html