AngloSaxon values and culture in Beowulf In the summer of 1939, a few miles from the windy Suffolk coast, at Sutton Hoo,
Beowulfis the earliest known epic written in Old English, one of the earlier forms of English that was used by Anglo-Saxons. Beowulf was created to show the culture of Anglo-Saxons, and was shared for hundreds of years before being written. Fame and honor are both important characteristics of Anglo-Saxon culture. Warfare or the threat of warfare, is a regular part of Anglo-Saxon life.From the number of feuds and stories of clan fealty throughout Beowulf, this is clear.Other Anglo-Saxon texts, such as The Battle of Maldon, Cynewulf and Cyneheard, and The Battle at Finnsburh are essentially of the Germanic `heroic lay' tradition commemorating the heroic efforts of PD. James Reads Beowulf; By John Halbrooks, University of South Alabama Edited by David Clark, University Lecturer, School of English, University of Leicester, Nicholas Perkins, Associate Professor and Tutor in English, St Hugh's College, University of Oxford; Book: Anglo-Saxon Culture and the Modern Imagination; Online Ud1m.