: The Manuscript of Beowulf (1000 AD) Can Now Be Viewed Online for the First Time

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Made around the year 1000, most likely during the reign of King Æthelred the Unready (978-1016), this manuscript committed to parchment a tale that (in some modern scholars’ opinions) had been passed down for centuries, between generations of storytellers.

In its present state, the poem,…

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