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Germanic heroic legends
BeowulfIn 1731, a fire swept through Ashburnham House in London and damaged the Nowell Codex. This single manuscript contains the only surviving copy of Beowulf.
Germanic heroic legendThe year 551 marks a specific moment when Jordanes wrote his Getica, embedding early Gothic heroic legends into written history.