The idea that money can buy power was lucidly verified by gangsters such as Capone: bootlegging funds led to both political and violent physical power. This power enabled gangs to find new avenues to exploit, as well as new ways to run old types business, such as gambling.
Epic of Beowulf-It is common opinion that Beowulf was written by a Christian poet. This was probably true because at the time when it was written, most of the few people who knew how to read and write were in the clergy. There are various references within the poem to elements of the Christian religion.
Beowulf Lesson Plan. This lesson plan introduces students to the epic. poem Beowulf, the oldest living poem of English. literature. The poem survives in a single manuscript. dating back at least to the tenth century, though. perhaps even as far back as 650 AD.