Beowulf

Nicholas Boccali Hist-001A-01 Dr. Sistrunk Beowulf Beowulf is a poem of leaders, warriors, evil, and good. It is also a poem of heroes and tragic losses. What kind of a community is revealed from these subjects if it is the community itself, which provokes peace and violence for these warriors to be hailed by? What organization and values does the community hold in this poem? Throughout the poem there is reference to kings and …

…on a warring society under feudal law with values for riches and reputation as its basis. We can also say that the community has belief in God as another basis for the society. Bibliography Reuter, Timothy: Germany In the Early Middle Ages 800-1056. (Longman, London & New York, 1991.) Collins, Roger: Early Medieval Europe 300-1000. (St. Martin’s Press, New York, 1999.) Le Goff, Jaques: Medieval Civilization. (Basil Blackwell, 1988.) Cantor, Norman: The Civilization of the Middle Ages. (HarperPerenneal, 1993.)