Anglo-Saxon Culture And The Poem "Beowulf"

The aspects of Anglo-Saxon culture are reflected in the poem Beowulf. In 449, the first band of people from the great North German plain crossed the country of Kent. They were the Jutes. Following the Jutes came
Angles and Saxons. These Germanic tribes brought with them a common language and created the Anglo-Saxon England that lasted until 1066. The elements of the Anglo-Saxon culture, such as a fierce life of a warrior or seaman, a heroic ideal, the boisterous and ritualized customs of the mead house, and the importance of both Pagan Germanic and Christian beliefs are all portrayed in the poem Beowulf.
The fierce hardy life of the Anglo-Saxon warrior or seaman were depicted in Beowulf. In the poem, warfare is as ordinary as common life. Beowulf himself serves as the fierce warrior. The way of the warrior is to gain respect from fellow countrymen and kings. Without battle, a warrior's life could never be fulfilled. People of Anglo-Saxon civilization admired men of ou...