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Anglo saxon And medi
Anglo saxon And miedeval literature
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| What did Anglo-Saxon Literature begin with? | spoken verse and songs or poems such as epic poems |
| What was the purpose of the literature? | To pass along tribal history and values to the population that could not read or write |
| What does Englaland mean | Land of angles |
| What was the period when Germany sattled in England | Dark ages |
| What was the worst and sorrow punishment | Exile |
| What was the first beliefs and religion | grim belief in fate |
| What did they believe in 600AD | Christianity |
| Why is beowulf so important 2 | it was the first English EPic |
| Why is beowulf so important 3 | It was written down in Old English in the 11th century and helped preserve that language |
| Why is beowulf so important 4 | It is our best picture of Anglo-Saxon life culture values and beliefes before |
| What is an epic | An Epic is a long heroic narrative poem that tells a story and celebrates the deeds of an heroic figure |
| What is A Exeter book | The Exeter book preserved the poetry in the future generations |
| What is an Elegiac Poetry | An elegy is a poem about death or loss |
| Who was the greatest prose writer of his time | Aelfric |
| Who wrote both to instruct the monks and to spread the learning of the 10th-century | Aelfric |
| He was an english Benecdictine monk at the monastery of St. Peter and its companion St. Paul in the Kingdom of Northumbria of the Angels | Bede St Bede |
| Earliest english poet whose name is known | Caedmon |
| What is Bede known for | Ecclesiastical History of the English People/Historia eclessiastica gentis Anglorum |
| Was one of the greatest scholar of the Anglo-Saxon period | Bede |
| He is sometimes regarded as the father of English History | Bede |
| He is the king of the West saxon from 871 to c866 He was the youngest son of king AEthelwulf | Alfred the Great |
| Alfreds brothers | AEthelbald, AEthelberht, AEthelred |
| What is a heroic poetry | It is a poem about heroes and warriors |
| It is anything that is printed | Literature |
| Wind Racers | Horses |
| Air Blower | Electric fan |
| He first formulated a system a dating events | Venerable Bede |
| It is the repetion of the same consonant | Alliteration |
| What did caedmon write | Caedmon's Hymn |
| Raven Harvest | Corpse |
| Battle-sweat | Blood |
| Ring-giver | King |
| sky candle | Sun |
| The earliest novel in te west was written by who? | Thomas Malory |
| Who wrote Le Morte D' Arthur | Thomas Malory |
| Why did Thomas becket became a saint | because he was stabbed by the guards at the cathedral |
| Who wrote the canterbruy tales | Geoffrey Chaucer |
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