The Anglo-Saxons from England are said to be the largest of the three attacking tribes that invaded the Roman Empire. They developed their own social hierarchy and they also gave us most of our English place names. The Anglo-Saxons played a very big role in the downfall of the Roman Empire. They captured much new land and they did little to keep the legacy of the Romans alive.
The Anglo-Saxons were known for their very distinctive social classes. Their social status’ were broken up into three different classes compared to America 's social class system. The top or upper class was known as the thanes. This class consisted of the Anglo-Saxon people that were richer than others and were considered higher class than the ordinary people. The …show more content…
One of the most popular and recognized pieces of literature that come from the Anglo-Saxon culture is the epic poem, Beowulf. Beowulf was written in the Old English language around 1000 BC. The author of the book is unknown but it was written in England. The Anglo-Saxon culture thrives in this epic poem and is where we get a lot of information about the people of the Anglo-Saxon Germanic tribe. One of the most important things that we have learned for the poem is that the Anglo-Saxons desired and expected kings and leaders that were very powerful, confident, and chivalrous. When most people first read Beowulf, they consider Beowulf as arrogant but overall he gives great respect to others and motivates himself towards personal success. He is a very confident and trustworthy man who was proud of all his actions and did not let things in the past or future scare …show more content…
The Anglo-Saxons had a very unstable and chaotic governmental system. There was no present legal system, centralized government, or police group to keep the tribe organized. Many people believe that in the poem, Grendel was used to represent the unstable nature of the Anglo-Saxons and Grendel did what Anglo-Saxon kings did to other Anglo-Saxon kings. This means that Grendel, being the unstable nature of the Anglo-Saxon culture, only engaged in horrific acts because another “Grendel”, meaning another Anglo-Saxon king, did the same thing to him. All it took back then in the Anglo-Saxon tribe was for one king to attack another king and then they were
The Anglo-Saxons were known for their very distinctive social classes. Their social status’ were broken up into three different classes compared to America 's social class system. The top or upper class was known as the thanes. This class consisted of the Anglo-Saxon people that were richer than others and were considered higher class than the ordinary people. The …show more content…
One of the most popular and recognized pieces of literature that come from the Anglo-Saxon culture is the epic poem, Beowulf. Beowulf was written in the Old English language around 1000 BC. The author of the book is unknown but it was written in England. The Anglo-Saxon culture thrives in this epic poem and is where we get a lot of information about the people of the Anglo-Saxon Germanic tribe. One of the most important things that we have learned for the poem is that the Anglo-Saxons desired and expected kings and leaders that were very powerful, confident, and chivalrous. When most people first read Beowulf, they consider Beowulf as arrogant but overall he gives great respect to others and motivates himself towards personal success. He is a very confident and trustworthy man who was proud of all his actions and did not let things in the past or future scare …show more content…
The Anglo-Saxons had a very unstable and chaotic governmental system. There was no present legal system, centralized government, or police group to keep the tribe organized. Many people believe that in the poem, Grendel was used to represent the unstable nature of the Anglo-Saxons and Grendel did what Anglo-Saxon kings did to other Anglo-Saxon kings. This means that Grendel, being the unstable nature of the Anglo-Saxon culture, only engaged in horrific acts because another “Grendel”, meaning another Anglo-Saxon king, did the same thing to him. All it took back then in the Anglo-Saxon tribe was for one king to attack another king and then they were