The date when the Romans under Emperor Claudius conquered the island.

These Teutonic tribes like other Barbarians of Northern Europe led semi-agricultural, semi- nomadic lives.

The class who was deeply loyal to his king, was brave and revered leader in times of war, and in times of peace, a wise judge and a generous giver of material rewards for services rendered.

The ruling class.

The class who traced his ancestry to some war captive of the tribe.

It is a system whereby a fine could be given by the killer to the family of a man he killed.

In those troubled times when the might was right, he was the most important human being. He was the man who solved all problems.

They tilled the soil, hunted and fished for his earl to whom his services were bound by a special favor.

They far outnumbered the earls and constituted the submerged multitude who toiled and lived and died in silence.

They were considered valuable only for domestic duties and as marriageable commodities on purely decorative elements of society.

He was the bringer of this new world of knowledge and culture.

It was established in Britain before A.D. 400.

He sent St. Augustine as a missionary to England in 597.

It is the only one full-length folk epic that has survived in English literature. Its author is unknown.

He grew and became a mighty warrior and led the Spear-Danes for many years as their king. He had a son named Beowulf.

He is the king of Danes, a descendant of Scyld.

He became a great warrior and king in the epic Beowulf.

He was a frightful monster who broke into the hall, killing and carrying away with him thirty of the sleeping warriors to devour them in his lair in the sea.

A splendid hall which was built by King Hrothgar where his thanes (noble followers) gathered nightly to feast and listen to the songs of gleemen (minstrels).

He is Beowulf's uncle who ruled over the Geats.

She is an equally horrible monster who came and carried off Hrothgar’s men.

He reigned for fifty years and was greatly beloved by his people.

He fought the fire-breathing dragon, and although he slew the dragon, he swallowed some of the fire. He met his death amidst the enormous treasures of the dragon.

They came and everyone rejoiced in Beowulf's victory.