OCT. 18: BEOWULF AND ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND
The sole surviving manuscript of the epic:
A warrior society:


A warrior-king's funeral: the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, East Anglia (seventh century)

Prow of a ship:

Grave-goods from Sutton Hoo:


The Coming of Christianity:

View from the monastery of Lindisfarne, Northumbria:
