England: From the Fall of Rome to the Norman Conquest

Beowulf and Anglo-Saxon Literature (1x17)

Data di messa in onda: Gen 28, 2022

Literature is one of the true glories of Anglo-Saxon culture, and perhaps nowhere is this more apparent today than the great poem Beowulf. After giving an overview of Old English poetry, Professor Paxton revels in the adventures of the warrior Beowulf and his story of mayhem and plunder.