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Anglo-Saxon History
Anglo-Saxon History pertaining to Beowulf
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was the Anglo-Saxon period? | 449-1066 C.E. |
| First timeline item? | Celts |
| What where the two groups? | Britons & Gaels |
| Where did the Gaels settle? | Ireland |
| Britons and Gaels spoke related languages, called - | Celtic |
| Farmers and Hunters organized into - | Clans |
| Who were Druids? | Priests who settled disputes, presided over religious events, and preserved people's myths about the past. |
| Second Timeline Item? | Roman Conquest |
| What is one way the Romans influenced England? | Town names, like "cester" or "caster." |
| How long did Roman rule last? | 300 years |
| What year did the Romans withdraw from Britain? | 407 C.E. |
| Timeline item 3? | Arrival of Anglo-Saxons |
| Who attacked Britain during the 5th Century C.E. | Angles, Jutes, and Saxons |
| The arrival of the Anglo-Saxons signaled the beginning of what? | English Language |
| What was the original name of England? | Angle's Land |
| What is a witan? | Council of Elders |
| What is the Comitatus? | System of reciprocity establishing loyalty between a Lord and his Thane (knight). |
| Ruling warlords? | Earls |
| Citizens allowed to engage in commerce? | Freemen |
| Bonded servants? | Churls or Serfs |
| Military prisoners? | Thralls, or slaves. |
| What beliefs did the Anglo-Saxons bring to Britain? | Pagan |
| Fate? | Wyrd |
| Early Anglo-Saxons worshiped? | Ancient Germanic Gods |
| Anglo-Saxon literature flourished in? | Oral Tradition |
| Minstrels were known as what? | Scops |
| A mid-line pause is called a? | Caesura |
| Kenning? | A compound metaphor. |
| Heroic Poetry did what? | Recounted the deeds of warriors |
| Elegiac poetry did what? | Lament the death of loved ones. |
| Fourth timeline item? | Christianity |
| Who did St. Augustine convert? | King Ethelbert of Kent |
| Where did St. Augustine form his monastery? | Canterbury |
| St. Augustine became the first -? | Archbishop |
| By what year was most of England Christian? | 650 C.E. |
| What did Christianity proclaim contrary to Anglo-Saxon culture? | Renouncing revenge. |
| What did the Church bring? | Education and Written Literature |
| Monks did what? | Copy and illuminate manuscripts. |
| Monks wrote in what language? | Latin |
| Who is the "Father of English History?" | The Venerable Bede |
| Who was The Venerable Bede | Benedictine Monk from Northumbria |
| What was Bede's most famous account? | The Ecclesiastical History of the English People |
| The first English poet? | Caedmon |
| Cynewolf has how many surviving poems? | 4 |
| Timeline item 5 | Viking Invasion |
| What was the territory of the Viking invaders called? | Danelaw |
| Timeline Item 6 | Alfred the Great |
| What did Alfred translate? | Bede's History |
| Alfred fostered the growth of what? | English Language and Literature |
| He initiated what history? | The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle |
| Timeline Item 7 | Alfred the Great (cont.) |
| Timeline item 8 | Canute |
| Timeline Item 9 | Edward the Confessor |
| Edward's death led to... | Norman Conquest |
| Who was overthrown in the Norman Conquest, and by who? | Harold II by William the Conqueror |
| What signaled the end of Anglo-Saxon literature? | William the Conqueror's Ascent to the Throne |
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