SerranoNotes+-+Beowulf-++Background

The story of Beowulf takes place around the time of 500 AD. It has mixes of both Pagan and Christian elements in the story that we have today. It is the oldest English poem in the world and it is written by somebody who still remains unknown till this day. Most of the story has to do with the Danes and the Geats which lived in what is present day Sweden.