Please read the link titled the Sutton Hoo Burial. This was an extraordinary 20th century find which increased
our understanding about art in the Middle Ages. In an essay, please answer the following questions. What do
the objects tell us about the economic and social position of the person buried in the ship. What does it say
about international trade? How did contemporary political events impact the discovery and on the perception or
"optics" of the find? How, in this case, did the objects relate to literature?
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