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Beowulf

Beowulf. Anglo- Saxon Period 449-1066. THE ANGLO SAXONS (450-1066). Iberian Peninsula ( Modersn Spain and Portugal). Stonehenge. Celts. Romans 400 yrs . Roman withdrawl. Britons-citizens of the empire (Rome)- spoke Latin-economic and political life

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Beowulf

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  1. Beowulf Anglo-SaxonPeriod 449-1066

  2. THE ANGLO SAXONS (450-1066) IberianPeninsula (ModersnSpain and Portugal)

  3. Stonehenge

  4. Celts

  5. Romans 400 yrs.

  6. Romanwithdrawl • Britons-citizens of theempire (Rome)- spokeLatin-economic and politicallife • Celticlanguage (samewordsadaptedfromLatin) againbecamethedominanttongue • Jutes, Angles and Saxons-Wales-King Arthur • Northeast-coexistedwithBritons • Southeast-expelledwithBritons-TheEnglish

  7. Anglo SaxonEngland • Culture of Germanic settlers-Beowulf • Feuds • St. Patrick 430s convertingCelticIrelandintoChristianity Anglo SaxonBritainwas pagan until 597-St. Augustine

  8. Elsewhere in theworld… • 800s HolyRomanEmpire- Charlemagne, King of Franks • Arabia- Mohammed- Islam- Koran • Mayan cultureflourished • T’angDynasty in China

  9. EnglishLiterature: • Anglo- Saxons(450-1066): poetry of pagans. • Love of adventure • Anemphasis of importance of honor • Anawe of natural beauty • Delightmanipulation of words • A sense of melancholy and andfatalismpervades • Utalitarianratherthanimaginative • Christians: prose BEOWULF-GRENDEL DRAUGAR SEED OF CAIN

  10. BEOWULF • Geat (A member of an ancient Germanic people of southern Sweden conquered by the Swedes in the sixth century a.d.)fromSwedenwhocrossesthe sea toDenmark in a questtorescue King Hrothgar’speoplefromthedemoniccmonsterGrendel. • 3,200 lines (Iliad-15,000) • OldEnglish in Norhumbria in NortheasternEngland, sometimebetween 700 and 750. • Real manuscriptis in the British Museum, 18th century

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