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Beowulf: the discovery, 1786

Posted on May 5, 2025 by Ruth

Copenhagen, Court of King Christian VII, 1786: The royal archivist Grim Johnson Thorkelin goes to London on a research expedition. Thorkelin is an Icelander whose native tongue is closer to the language of the Vikings than is Copenhagen’s “modern” Danish. … Continue reading →

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