Anglo-Saxon Society Characteristics and Values

admired men for outstanding courage,whatever tribe they came from

believed in the importance of loyalty to a leader and to the tribe

Valued fierce personal valor, which was necessary for survival

Received persons of rank with grave courtesy, whatever their tribe or people.

Ruler was expected to be generous to those who were loyal

Everyone was aware of the shortness of life and of the passing away of all things.

Everything was thought to be determined by an impersonal, irresistible fate.

Everyone competed for fame, the only thing that ever lasted

-Admired men for outstanding courage,whatever tribe they came from
-Believed in the importance of loyalty to a leader and to the tribe
-Valued fierce personal valor, which was necessary for survival
-Received persons of rank with grave courtesy, whatever their tribe or people.
-Ruler was expected to be generous to those who were loyal
-Everyone was aware of the shortness of life and of the passing away of all things.
-Everything was thought to be determined by an impersonal, irresistible fate.
-Everyone competed for fame, the only thing that ever lasted