Beowulf and the North before the Vikings - Past Imperfect - Shippey, Tom (Professor, Saint Louis University) - Livros - Arc Humanities Press - 9781802700138 - 31 de agosto de 2022
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Beowulf and the North before the Vikings - Past Imperfect New edition

Shippey, Tom (Professor, Saint Louis University)

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Beowulf and the North before the Vikings - Past Imperfect New edition

Ever since Tolkiens 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 poets 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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152 pages, 5 Tables, black and white; 2 Illustrations, black and white

Mídia Livros     Paperback Book   (Livro de capa flexível e brochura)
Lançado 31 de agosto de 2022
ISBN13 9781802700138
Editoras Arc Humanities Press
Páginas 136
Dimensões 178 × 115 × 11 mm   ·   146 g
Idioma English