1. Exam Review
Anglo Saxon

2. England – Early Times
From England’s Prehistoric Past,… name the well known, ancient, mystical stone circle found near Salisbury.
Stonehenge
Which culture inhabits Britain from about 2,000 till the coming of the Romans?
The Celts

3. Name the Celtic Tribes in the British Isles, …first those in Ireland
Gaels
Two Celtic Tribes of Scotland:
Scots and Picts
Which Celts are the inhabitants of what today is England?
Bretons

4. Celts today… Gaels Picts Scots Welsh Bretons

5. Language spoken by the Celts?
Celtic, of course
First Westerner to visit the Celtic Bretons in 55 BC. He leads his army from Gaul.
Julius Caesar
Who conquers the Celts in 44 AD and will occupy the Island for a 4 centuries?
Romans

6. Roman Occupation of Britain
How long will the Romans stay in Britain?
400 years.
What advantages does Rome provide?
Protection, a money economy, great trade with its entire empire, engineering skills, political advances, and many others.

7. Roman Occupation of Britain 44 AD through 449 AD

8. What Roman Emperor walls off the Northern Celts?
Hadrian
What language do the Romans speak?
Latin
Why do the Romans desert Britain?
Rome itself is threatened

10. Anglo Saxon England
When do the first Germanic tribes come to the British Isles?
449 AD
Name the 3 Germanic tribes who come to England?
Angles, Saxons, and Jutes
A silly Question, but what language do these Germanic tribes speak?
Germanic, but an older version…in England, this German becomes known as Old English.

12. Wales and Cornwall in England, Brittany in France.
Where do most of the Celts migrate to avoid the advancing Anglo-Saxons?
Wales and Cornwall in England, Brittany in France.
Name the Christian Celtic leader who attempts to fight off the pagan Germans.
Arthur
Kiera Knightly as Guinevere,
in this version a Pict.

13. Name for the wandering storyteller of the Anglo-Saxon folk.
Scop…sometime called a gleeman, bard, or minstrel
What was the favored alcoholic beverage of the Anglo-Saxons?
Mead
Where would you expect to hear a singing scop?
The Mead Hall

14. Mead Hall

15. “True is the tale I tell of my Travels” shows what poetic device?
Alliteration
This line opens a famous fragment of the oldest poem composed in England...name it.
The Seafarer
Besides Alliteration, name another common characteristic of AS style Poetry.
Meter, with 4 heavy beats per line.
Trivia: That Pause between 2 and 3?
Caesura

16. Most famous work of AS Literature?
Beowulf
Genre of Beowulf?
Epic
Beowulf, a Prince of the Geats goes to the aid of this Danish King?
Hrothgar

17. Beowulf

18. Who is terrorizing King Hrothgar?
The monster, Grendel.
Can you name Hrothgar’s Mead Hall?
Heorot
In the next episode of Beowulf, after ripping off Grendel’s arm, who does Beowulf fight?
Grendel’s Hag of a Mother.

19. As an old King, who is Beowulf’s last battle against?
A dragon
Name the brilliant monk who wrote the Church History of Briton.
Bede
What descriptive term is almost always used as an epithet to Bede?
Venerable

21. Bede, as an orphaned youth up in Northumbria would have spoken what language?
Old English/ Germanic
As a monk, Bede composed his works in what language?
Latin
Including his Latin and Old English, how many language did Bede master?
At least 5.

22. Name the region of England that Vikings control from in the 9th century.
The Danelaw
Name the AS King who repels the Viking invaders?
Alfred, the Great
What work of literature/history is attributed to King Alfred the Great and his scholars?
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles

23. Danelaw Alfred the Great

24. 1066
Who takes a vow of chastity and does not produce an heir for his throne?
Edward the Confessor
Who is the Saxon who takes the throne upon the death of Edward?
Harold ( know his last name?)
Godwinson
Who fights Harold for the throne?
William the Conqueror

25. Where does the Battle take place in 1066 in which William defeats Harold?
Hastings
What is Harold’s death wound?
An arrow through the eye
What cultural group fights for William?
Normans
What language do the Normans speak?
French

27. ENOUGH! Scholars of the Anglo-Saxon Period, you may here.
If you wish, you may re-do as often as you like at home.

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