THE ORIGINS
Beowulf
Viking's invasion
Anglo-saxon invasion
First roman invasion
The romans built towns
Celts come to england
700 BC
55 BC
50 BC
AD 455
AD 700
AD 700-750
The celts used a runic alphabet for writing and for magic
The celts came from Germany and lived in tribes
The celts
The romans built towns and roads and introduced the latin culture
The romans
The anglo-saxon had an oral tradition, passed on by scops and bard
They were a mixture of germanic tribes
The anglo-saxon
They came from denmark and norway and began their conquest in the 8th century
Vikings
It is set in the 6th centuryhe represents the authentic hero
Beowulf
Cristian scribes transformed the oral tradition into the written form
Epic poem