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Ever since Tolkien's famous lecture in 1936, it has been generally accepted that the poem Beowulf is a fantasy, and of no use as a witness to real history. This book challenges that view, and argues that the poem provides a plausible, detailed, and consistent vision of pre-Viking history which is most unlikely to have been the poet's invention, and which has moreover received strong corroboration from archaeology in recent years. Using the poem as a starting point, historical, archaeological, and legendary sources are combined to form a picture of events in the North in the fifth and sixth centuries: at once a Dark and a Heroic Age, and the time of the formation of nations. Among other things, this helps answer two long-unasked questions: why did the Vikings come as such a shock? And what caused the previous 250 years of security from raiders from the sea?

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  • ISBN-13: 9781802700138
  • ISBN-10: 1802700137
  • Publisher: ARC Humanities Press
  • Publish Date: August 2022
  • Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.4 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.3 pounds
  • Page Count: 136

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