1. PREHISTORIC BRITAIN THE IBERIANS Stonhenge 700 BC THE CELTS
55 BC THE ROMANS first invasion
43 BC first settlement
410 BC withdrawl

2. THE ANGLO SAXON 410 AD The Romans left The Celts alone asked Germanic
Anglo-Saxon mercenaries
for help
455 AD invaded England

3. Where did the Anglo-Saxons come from?
The Anglo-Saxons left their homelands in
- northern Germany
- Denmark
- The Netherlands
and rowed across the North Sea in wooden boats to Britain.

4. Who were the Anglo-Saxons?
Mixture of Germanic tribes
- the ANGLES
- the SAXONS
- the JUTES
divided the country
in 7 Kingdoms

5. The Anglo-Saxons were warrior-farmers
loved fighting and were very fierce.
tall, fair-haired men, armed with swords and spears and round shields.

6. small villages
Anglo-Saxons houses were huts made of wood with roofs thatched with straw
The biggest house in an Anglo Saxon village was the Hall, the Chief's house.
He lived there with his
warriors.

7. OLD ENGLISH Union of the Anglo-Saxons languages They were illiterate
runic alphabet

8. OLD ENGLISH / GERMAN ORIGINS
The first Anglo Saxon Villages named after the Chieftain (Leader of the village).
These places often have the letters 'ing' of 'folk' somewhere in their name, often at the end.
The first part of the name was most likely to have been the name of the local chieftain.
The people who lived in the 'village' of Hastings were 'Haesta's people'. Haesta was the chieftain.
The people who lived in the 'village' of Reading were 'Redda's people'. Redda was the chieftain .

9. OLD ENGLISH
Influenced by Latin AD 600 Christianization - people baptised - churches built

10. THE VIKINGS AD 800 The Vikings came from Scandinavia - Denmark
- Norway
- Sweden

11. Sailors and raiders,
the Vikings came across
the North Sea
farmers, fishermen, trappers and traders. Viking craftsmen made beautiful objects out of wood, metal and bone;
Viking women were skilful weavers, produced fine, warm textiles.

12. eg. Derby, Rugby, Whitby, Selby, Grimsby
King Alfred, Saxon king of Wessex, fought them in a great battle, but he could not drive them right away and had to let them have part of the country, called Danelaw.
Place names ending in –by–
by meant farm or homestead (village).
These places mark the earliest Viking settlements.
Derby - A village where deer are found

13. Aglo- Saxon prose and poetry
Written tradition
Christian Scribes
Foundations of literature
Oral tradition
Scops and Bards
Historical memory created by repetition

14. Anglo Saxson Poetry / 4 Manuscripts
Beowulf Manuscript
Junius Manuscript
The Exeter Book
Vercelli Book
Categories
- pagan
- Christian
Language
- Latin
- Old English

15. PAGAN POETRY EPIC ELEGY Reminds of pre-Christian oral tradition as for
- metre
- themes
Theme
loss
- of a lord
- of a friendship
- of a beloved one
First person narrative
Melanchonic and elegiac tone -
- mith / heroes
- struggle against evil
-dignity of sacrifice

16. Formal Elements KENNING CAESURA ALLITERATION Cutting edge /sword
Pause in a line of poetry
Repetition of consonants sounds