Beowulf and the Anglo Saxons

This documentary goes beyond the text of the epic poem and examines the history behind its writing With interviews and travels in Europe BEOWULF AND THE ANGLOSAXONS dives into the culture of the people who created the classic myth This title also explores the warrior society of the ancient people Miraculously preserved over the centuries its artistic importance was unrecognized until an essay by J R R Tolkien The Lord of the Rings revealed its unity and multidimensional structure Beowulf is now regarded as the most important manuscript the AngloSaxons have handed down to us of immense linguistic as well as poetic value This program sets out to trace the origins of the tribes that brought this epic into being the warlike Norsemen from Sweden Denmark and Germany who were to conquer and settle regions of a more clement and fertile island that would become known as England named after the tribe of the Angles