Beowulf the Anglo-Saxon Epic Mrs. Mateyka English III.

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Beowulf the Anglo-Saxon Epic Mrs. Mateyka English III

Celtic Invasion Beaker People Celts – ( BC) Gaels, Picts, Scots, etc. Viking Raids

Roman Invasion Romans – (55 BC – 55 AD) –Hadrians’s Wall –Left ~ 410 Incorporated Celtic Culture Many Remained Ambrousius Aurelianus (550)

Viking Invasion Used longboats to cross oceans Used axes, swords and shields

Viking Invasion Longboats Angles – –South Danish Penninsula Saxons – West of Angles Start Settling Weapons Culture, stories

Making it Clearer Angles and Saxons tell the story in England about Danes and Geats including historic figures from 500’s Written down by West Saxon Scribe about 1000AD Vikings were Pagan, Celtic/Romans were largely Christianized

Cultural Background Viking Warlord Structure Meadhalls Wergild Wyrd Women’s roles Scop

The Structure Epic –Heroic, Elegiac Rigid Structure, 4 stresses per line Stock Phrases, Tangents Caesura Alliteration Kennings

How it sounds

The Story Beowulf – Geat Hrothgar – Dane Herot – Hart Values – Bravery, Dignity, Prowess, Boasting Weird and Cool Monster Story

The Manuscript Cotton Library – Fire British Library Copied, Preserved, X-Rayed, UV Scanned, Digitized, Uploaded Legal Document, Mrs. Pretty vs. British Gov’t

The Epic Three Major Battles One Hero Two Settings - Sweden and Denmark

How it sounds today

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