An ethnic dating of Beowulf
Craig R. Davis
Abstract An interest in Danish legend first appears at the West Saxon court 890s when King Alfred traced his father's lineage to Scyld. mother's ancestry through Jutish kings of Wight Goths and Geats, suggesting a motive for particular view ethnic past we find Beowulf , especially friendship poet constructs between Geatish ætheling monarch. A modification Michael Lapidge's paleographical dating archetype (2000) indicates exemplar before c. 900, confirming mature king's as plausible context Beowulf's composition.
Anglo-Saxon England