MARCH 8: BEOWULF AND BARBARIAN SOCIETY
The Early Germans: Bodies from the Bogs
A violent society:
The sole surviving manuscript of the epic:
For comparison, a "Middle English" (late medieval) text, the Peterborough Chronicle
Barbarian lifestyles: feasting, and fighting
Hoarded treasure, source of strife:
Here be dragons:
A warrior society:
A warrior-king's funeral: the ship-burial at Sutton Hoo, East Anglia (seventh century)
Reconstruction:
Grave-goods from Sutton Hoo:
The Coming of Christianity:
