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

2. Celtic Invasion Beaker People Celts – (800-600 BC) Gaels, Picts, Scots, etc. Viking Raids

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

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

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

10. 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

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

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

13. How it sounds

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

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

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

17. How it sounds today

18. Sources of Images http://www.osterholm.info/vikings/ http://www.intuitivewebdesigns.com/comic s/graphics/superman/index.htmhttp://www.intuitivewebdesigns.com/comic s/graphics/superman/index.htm http://www.awerty.com/beowulf2.html http://www.jnanam.net/beowulf_art/ http://www.hartleyfamily.org.uk/VikingMap. jpg