and Warlords could no longer consider themselves descendants of pagan gods. Christianity also brought education and written literature to the land. The monks of the church are given the credit for pre serving the oral traditions of the Anglo-Saxon period in written form. It is very easy to see the pagan Christian beliefs in the monk's writings. Take Beowulf. A long epic poem written in narrative form. The epic has an epic hero who displays many different traits such as loyalty valor, selflessness, and a sense of justice, the most admired traits a human can posses then and now. Beowulf, the epic hero, makes references such as "by on death was my errand and the fate (Beowulf 253)." Alluding to the pagan belief that every life was controlled by fate. Also, Christianity crept into the writing as seen in statements like "God must decide who will be given to deaths cold grip" (Beowulf 269), as well as "they gave thanks to God for their easy crossings (Beowulf 143)."
             The Anglo-Saxon literature reflects both the historical setting and the mentality of the time period. The literature sati
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