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| The Origins of Beowulf From Vergil to Wiglaf Richard North |
The author assumes that the Old English epic "Beowulf" was compiled in the winter of 826-7, as a requiem for Beornvulf, the King of Mercia on behalf of Viglaf, the eldorman who followed him. The author of the composition is Breedon on the Hill church in Leicestershire, and the poet calls the abbot Eanmund. Also, as an accurate definition of the place and time of the composition of the poem, Richard North points out with certainty the influence of the Norwegian epic, as well as Virgil. The Norwegian analogues are analyzed to allocate places in the Beowulf,which the poet changed in the sources of the heroic epic, while three episodes of the poem are shown as the altered places of the "Aeneid." In one of the chapters, the author suggests that the Latin sources of the poem could correspond to what is known as the now-lost "Brydon library". In another chapter, the author seeks to clarify the mythology in Beowulf, disputing that Brydon had given hospitality when meeting with the Vikings in 809. Scans:
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