OCT. 18:  BEOWULF AND ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND

The text, online:

The sole surviving manuscript of the epic:

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A warrior society:

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

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Prow of a ship:

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Grave-goods from Sutton Hoo:

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The Coming of Christianity:

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View from the monastery of Lindisfarne, Northumbria:

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