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SAGA-BOOK - Viking Society Web Publications

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CONTENTS<br />

LIST OF PLATES AND FIGURES 226<br />

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 227<br />

INTRODUCTION: THE POEM BEOWULF .. 229<br />

I BEOWULF'S COMING TO KINGSHIP 231<br />

II THE ACCOUNT OF ONELA'S FALL .. 234<br />

III THE ROLE OF WIGLAF IN BEOWULF'S LAST<br />

BATTLE 237<br />

IV BEOWULF'S CONNECTIONS WITH GEATS AND<br />

WYLFINGS .. 245<br />

V BEOWULF AND THE DANES .. 250<br />

VI THE ACCOUNTS OF GEATISH-SWEDISH CONFLICTS<br />

IN BEOWULF 252<br />

VII THE CALAMITY OF BEOWULF'S DEATH " 256<br />

VIII THE END OF THE GEATS AS REPORTED IN<br />

"HISTORICAL" SOURCES 257<br />

IX EVIDENCE FOR THE END OF THE GEATS C. A.D. 550 269<br />

X BEOWULF AND SUTTON HOO.. 271<br />

XI THE LARGER CONTEXT OF THE SUTTON HOO<br />

FINDS.. 273<br />

XII THE RELATION OF SUTTON HOO TO BEOWULF<br />

RE-EXAMINED 280<br />

CONCLUSIONS 281<br />

APPENDIX . . 283<br />

PLATES frontispiece and following 286

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