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Germanic Culture In Beowulf

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proves true looking through Anglo-Saxon history. Beowulf has been described as an “a museum for the antiquarian, a source-book for the historian, a treatise for the student of Christian thought, and a gymnasium for the philologist.” Part of the changing Anglo-Saxon and the Germanic reality of the Early Medieval ages in hidden in Beowulf. Beowulf provides an in-depth look at the Early Midivil world regarding the Germanic tribes. Beowulf may not keep the Germanic and Anglo-Saxon culture alive, but as a text or orally it keeps the culture preserved. Beowulf ’s historical context should not be taken lightly or heavily mythological. Beowulf records Germanic culture, environments, historical events, beliefs, values, speech and religious integration.
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