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1 BEOWULF EPIC POEM Settings It is a poem written in Old English
It dates to A D He is a hero, a person who has got values like honour, courage and survival Settings Denmark Geatland Sweden Old English is a mixture of Germanic dialects It is a poem that celebrates the deeds of a hero It is the first document written EPIC POEM He killed Grendel, his mother and a dragon, but he dies too.

2 THE CULTURAL BACKGROUND
Anglo-Saxons had an oral tradition, which was developed in the art of speech. The conversion of England to Christianity enriched Old English with Latin words Christianity introduced writing Churches, monasteries and abbeys were built all over the island

3 After the Norman Conquest...
During the reign of King Alfred the Great, culture flowered A lot of languages were spoken in England: French (nobility and court), Latin (clergy) and English (ordinary people He founded schools and set scholars to translate texts from Latin into Old English The Church continued to trasmit culture Medieval books were written by hand in monasteries The universities of Oxford and Cambridge were founded

4 ARTS, ARCHITECTURE AND MUSIC
The Anglo-Saxons had great artistic skills for decorating weapons, jewellery and objects of daily use The architecture style was the Norman one, but later the Gothic style was imported from France The earliest music was probably spread by the bards: they were itinerant or stationary musicians It was sacred and the voices were most important than instruments They celebrated the deeds of the heroes

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