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Anglo Saxon 449-1066

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anglo-saxons barbarians savages noble stern fatalists naturalists
Celts earlier inhabitants conquered by Rome before Anglo-Saxons became non-barbarians
Jutes 1st Germanic people to invade Britain
Christianity brought by Romans center of their lives major unifying force in the country touched everyone's life tribes adopted it center of everything
scops bard-poet tribal historian entertainer immortalized gave inspiration
Beowulf one of few epics that survived the time pagan with christian traditions anonymous author 725 takes place in Denmark
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 1st historical record in Olde English started by King Alfred
Epic long serious poem about a hero celebrates ideals of society dignity of tone elevation of style not written until after Christianity
King Alfred unified England-defeated the Danes most remarkable king of England patron of scholars/educators initiated "Anglo-Saxon Chronicle" promoted written English maintained diplomatic relations w/all neighboring kings founded 1st Eng. public schools
kenning metaphorical phrase that describes people, places, or things
caesura break or pause in poetry
alliteration repetition of beginning sounds of words
Venerable Bede wrote "A History of the English Church and People" FATHER OF ENGLISH HISTORY greatest English prose writer
597 St. Augustine brings Christianity to Britain
St. Augustine 1st Arch Bishop of Canterbury
wyrd fate
elegiac tradition elegy-poem of serious reflection, laments the dead
heroic tradition epic
Caedmon 1st English religious poet
Britannia of the Romans
Angle-land England
William Duke of Normandy 1066 Norman Conquest - The Battle of Hastings
A History of the English Church and People written by Venerable Bede - the FATHER OF ENGLISH HISTORY
410 migration of Germanic tribes
449 beginning of Anglo-Saxon period 1st Germanic invasion of Britain
490 Beowulf was born
510 Beowulf visits the Danes and rids them of Grendel
516 Geat Battle
530 Beowulf king of the Geats
600 Germanic tribes control all of England adopt customs and beliefs
725 Beowulf written
1066 Norman Conquest end of A-S period
476 the fall of Rome
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