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Title: Anglo Saxon Lecture 450-1066


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Anglo Saxon Lecture450-1066
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Anglo Saxon England (449-1066)
  • I. Early Inhabitants (Henge people,
    Celts/Britons)
  • II. Roman Dominance
  • III. The Anglo-Saxons
  • a. Invasion (449 A.D.)
  • b. Civilization
  • 1. Characteristics of the people
  • 2. Worship of pagan gods
  • 3. Conversion to Christianity (597 A.D.)
  • 4. Language
  • 5. Literaturea. Beowulf and epicb. Elegiac
    lyricsc. Riddlesd. Bedee. Caedmon
  • f. Danish Invasion (859 A.D.)
  • IV. King Alfred the Great (849-901)

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  • The story of England is a story of a series of
    invasions and a cultural revolution.

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Stonehenge Henge people-449A.D.
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Stonehenge Origin
  • Religious Rituals?
  • Calendar?

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Celtic Tribes
  • Celts/Britons
  • Chieftains -ruled these fierce people

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Religion
  • Druids-priests- wisdom learning
  • Human Sacrifice
  • Cannibals- Archeological evidence- large bones
    with knife marks showing muscle has been cut from
    the bone

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Celts Cont.
  • Settled agriculture
  • Used money
  • Political unity
  • Superior caste of learned men and women- Women
    leaders could inherit property and divorce their
    husbands.

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Roman Invasion
  • Roman Leader EmperorClaudius (43 A.D.)
  • Queen Boudicca Celtic Queen- led army of
    100,000 against Roman invaders. She her
    daughters committed suicide.
  • Statue of Boudicca

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Roman Invasion Civilization
  • Built roads forts
  • Built baths elegant buildings
  • Brought Christianity and coins to Celts

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Roman Civilization
Roman baths in Bath, England
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Emperor Hadrian's Wall
Defense against the invading Picts- Scotland
tattooed and painted blue
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Fall of Roman Empire Rise of the
Anglo-Saxons
  • 410 AD Romans withdraw
  • Celts vulnerable to attack
  • Vortigern hired Germanic
  • mercenary troops , but he didnt
  • pay them, so they invaded!
  • Angles- Denmark.
  • Saxons- Germany.
  • Jutes- Juteland

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Anglo Saxons
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Legend of King Arthur
  • Nennius
  • Celtic
  • dux bellorum
  • Arturius

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Anglo Saxon PeopleRuled 600 years
  • England from Angle-land
  • Fierce, warrior society
  • Loyal toTribe Leader
  • Comitatus- never leave their leader. Fight to
    death.
  • Rewarded with treasure
  • Fame and glory in battle
  • Materialistic

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Sutton Hoo Burial Ship- weapons found
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Sutton Hoo Helmet
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Materialism
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Materialism Cont.
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Materialism Cont.
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From Pagan to Christian
  • Pagan virtues honor, courage in battle fame
  • Life moved from battle to feast and feast to
    battle
  • Conversion to Christianity- 597 A.D.
  • Augustine- Archbishop Canterbury
  • Monasteries- centers of culture
  • More peaceful unified-Heaven/Hell
  • LITERATURE OLD English words
  • Sister/brother, wind/star, night/day, he/she
  • Literature reflects the SEA and BATTLES.

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Epic Poem Beowulf
Epic Hero- Composed 750 A.D.
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Anglo Saxon Literature
  • Epic
  • Elegiac lyrics-
  • express sorrow
  • Scops- very valuable b/c
  • they made warriors famous
  • Riddles tested cleverness of audience

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Christian Writers
  • Monks scribes- put Christian virtues in pagan
    stories
  • Venerable Bede
  • History of the English Church and People
  • The Father of English History
  • Caedmon 1st English Poet

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King Alfred The Great
Vikings invaded in 9th century- brought pagan
gods, destroyed monasteries. Alfred the Great of
Wessex fought the Vikings ruled for 50 yrs.
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Alfred the Great Cont.
  • Built a navy
  • Translated literature
  • Promoted learning
  • Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  • 1066 Battle of Hastings -
  • end of Anglo-Saxon , Old English period.
  • When Angles and Saxons came hither from the
    East, Sought Britain over the broad-spreading
    sea, Haughty war smiths overcame the Britons,
    Valiant earls got for themselves a home. from
    the Anglo Saxon Chronicle
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