The Anglo-Saxon Period

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The Anglo-Saxon Period 449 – 1066 AD

The Dark Ages battle confusion uproar outrage attempts at educational improvements and religion

looks like present-day Language: Anglo-Saxon (Old English) looks like present-day Dutch or German

Anglo-Saxon Religion Paganism – worship of gods & idols Tiu – god of war and sky (Tuesday) Woden – chief of gods (Wednesday) Fria – goddess of home (Friday) Stoicism – fate rules Christianity most of England followed by 650 promoted: peace education literature promoters: St. Patrick Columba St. Augustine

Old English Literature British Isles Origination Celtic Druids memorized poems about heroic leaders Anglo-Saxon Scops and gleemen performed epics accompanied by a harp - Riddles

Examples of Epics: Homer’s The Illiad The Odyssey Virgil’s The Aeneid

Beowulf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO2KSqiP3N4

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