Beowulf and the Anglo Saxons. It’s An Island! The sea is really important to British culture as well as the idea of sea power. (Navy, Trade) Really.

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Beowulf and the Anglo Saxons

It’s An Island! The sea is really important to British culture as well as the idea of sea power. (Navy, Trade) Really temperate climate England itself is the best farm land.

Invasions British history is the history of a series of invasions from mainland Europe. Each successive wave brought advancement in technology and culture. This basically goes on until the British start invading other people.

Neolithic People We know relatively little about the Stone Age inhabitants of Britain. Stone Age people means that they used mostly stone tools, had some farming, and lived in small settlements. One of the big mysteries is Stonehenge. What is it for? (astronomical clock? Showing off prominence? They got bored? )

The Celts 7 th Century BCE Came from mainland Europe. Brought iron weapons and tools. Celt is a language group that covers many different tribes

The Romans 50BCE to 400CE Built roads, towns, and more. Mostly, only the rich adopted Roman customs. The Celts became Christian.

But then Rome fell… The Celts went back to acting like Celts. Everybody else in Europe went back to pillaging and warring. 400-ish CE

In come the Anglo-Saxons! 450-ish CE Came from Germany, Denmark-ish First they came as pirates, then mercenaries, then colonists. King Vortigen hired them to protect him from other warring Celtic kingdoms, but instead they took over.

England= Angle-land This is the start of England as we know it. This is the start of English as a language. The Angles brought a version of early German with them, what we call Old English.

Anglo-Saxon England The Angles established various kingdoms and became Christian. They also had to deal with the new invaders, Vikings!

Anglo-Saxon Culture Warriors were heavily admired. Big on looting and pillaging. Big on bragging about brave deeds. Fighting was a way of life and peace was for losers! “Kings” ruled small communities and ruled over warriors (Thanes). They gave gifts to earn loyalty. The next king was the coolest warrior, not the old king’s son. Center of village is Meadhall, where everyone eats and hangs out.

Stages of the English Language Old English- Pretty Much German ish Middle English- Add In Some French ish Early Modern- Shakespeare’s English 1500ish to 1800ish Modern- What We Speak- 1800ish to now

Beowulf Lit Terms Epic: long story (narrative) poem about a hero Verse: Poetry, in lines and stanzas Kenning: two(ish)-word renaming of something (boob tube, idiot box, cancer stick) Caesura: stopping punctuation in the middle of a line, a period or big dash! Alliteration: two or more words in a row that start with the same letter or sound Theme: The main ideas of a literary work, not just the plot