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FREEMIUM: Chronicles #1 | Beowulf
Published 8 months, 2 weeks ago
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In the first ever episode of Chronicles, Luca discusses the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf. He explores its pagan and Christian duality, its veneration of the Germanic heroic ideal, and J.R.R. Tolkien’s scholarship, which transformed it from a historical document into beloved literature.