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Old English literature
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The Mystery of *When Was Beowulf Written*—Unraveling an Epic’s Ancient Roots
What makes dating Beowulf so difficult is that it was never meant to be dated. Composed in Old English, the poem’s earliest layers may stretch back to the 5th...
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The Epic Mystery: When and Where Was *Beowulf* Written?
What makes the question of where Beowulf was composed so tantalizing is its ambiguity. The manuscript itself, known as Cotton Vitellius A.xv , was written down...