1. THE ANGLO SAXONS ad

2. ANGLO SAXON PERIOD ISLAND OF BRITTANIA
PEOPLE LIVED THEIR FOR 5000 YEARS BEFORE THE ANGLES & SAXONS
No central government…very brutal time
Warfare was very common
THE ANGLES AND SAXONS CAME FROM GERMANY
THEY WERE A GERMANIC TRIBE WHO EMPHASIZED “BRAVERY, HONOR, AND GLORY IN BATTLE”
PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY BASED ON “KINSHIP, COMITATUS, AND FRATERNITY”

3. KINSHIP RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AN INDIVIDUAL AND OTHERS IN THE TRIBE
BLOOD OR BY MARRIAGE
OR TO HIS KING…THE STRONGEST
YOUR LINEAGE WAS VERY IMPORTANT…WHO YOU WERE RELATED TO SHOWED POWER

4. COMITATUS
A POWER ARRANGMENT IN WHICH A KING WAS OBLIGED TO RULE IN CONSULTATION WITH HIS THANES, OR KNIGHTS.
IT REQUIRES THANES TO SWEAR ABSOLUTE FIDELITY TO THEIR KING
THE KING WOULD THEN BESTOW UPON THOSE THANES…LAND, MONEY, JEWELRY, WAR GEAR, SPECIAL PRIVILEGES, AND OTHER BENEFITS.
IT WAS THE GLUE THAT HELD THE ANGLO-SAXON TRIBES TOGETHER

5. FRATERNITY IT WAS A SOCIAL BOND BETWEEN THE MEN IN THE TRIBE
THEY WORKED, DINED, FOUGHT, AND DIED “TOGETHER”

6. ANGLO SAXON WARRIORS MOTIVATED BY GLORY FOR ONE’S KING
GLORY FOR ONE’S ANCESTORS
GLORY FOR ONE’S TRIBE
GLORY FOR ONE’S SELF

7. VIOLENCE AND REVENGE KILLINGS…PART OF EVERY DAY LIFE
ANY DEATH TO A TRIBE MEMBER BY AN OUTSIDER REQUIRED IT TO BE AVENGED
REVENGE KILLINGS WENT ON FOR GENERATIONS

8. WERGILD
LEGALLY BINDING ARRANGEMENT OF MONEY TO BE PAID TO THE FAMILY OF THE VICTIM OF A MURDER OR INJURY BY THE OFFENDER
THE AMOUNT WAS BASED UPON THE VICTIM’S RANK
THE MORE IMPORTANT THE VICTIM, THE MORE MONEY THE OFFENDER HAD TO PAY

9. MEAD HALL MEAD – ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE MADE FROM HONEY
THE HALL WAS A LARGE HALL WHERE THE KING AND HIS THANES WOULD FEAST, DRINK, PLAY GAMES, AND SOCIALIZE WITH WOMEN.
IT WAS A SYMBOL OF THE KING’S POWER AND IT WAS WHERE THEY SPEND MOST OF THEIR TIME…THUS, IT WAS THE CONSIDERED THE SAFEST PLACE IN THE KINGDOM.

10. “BRETWALDA”
ANGLO SAXON TITLE FOR ITS ROYALTY OR KING

11. POLY-THEISM WORSHIPPERS OF PAGAN GOD’S AND GODDESSES
EXAMPLES
THOR - thunder FRIGE – GODDESS OF FERTILITY

12. DAYS OF THE WEEK Sunday: Sunnadaeg: the sun's day,
Monday: Monan daeg (Anglo Saxon, moon; daeg: the moon's day,
Tuesday: Tiwes daeg (Anglo Saxon Tiwe, war god, related to Greek god Zeus): Tiwe’s day,
Wednesday: Wodensdaeg (Woden, supreme anglo saxon god,)Woden's day,
Thursday: Thorsdaeg ( Thor, thundergod): Thor's day,
Friday: Frigedaeg (Anglo Saxon; Frige,, Woden's wife): Frige's day,
Saturday: Saeterdaeg (Anglo Saxon; Saturn, Roman god of time): Saturn's day.

13. Fate = wyrd WYRD – FATE, OR DESTINY AS DETERMINED BY THE GODS
MODERN DAY “WEIRD”

14. ANGLO SAXON LANGUAGE
GERMANIC LANGUAGE
EARLIEST FORMS OF ENGLISH

15. ARTISTS
EXPERT CRAFTSMEN OF JEWELRY AND METAL

16. 800 – 600 BC – The Celts
The celts are the tribes called the Britons and gaels
They came from Europe
They spoke celtic or gaelic
They didn’t read or write
Credited with stonehenge
Scared the Romans…they were very brutal and often decapitated their victims

17. ROMAN OCCUPATION 55 bc…ROMAN’S OCCUPIED BRITTANIA (TOTAL 350 YEARS)
THEY BUILT ROADS AND CITIES
Spoke Latin
THEY MARRIED AND INTERMINGLED WITH A TRIBE CALLED THE “BRITONS”
EARLY 5TH CENTURY – FALL OF ROMAN EMPIRE
THE GERMANIC TRIBES WERE WAITING…THE ROMANS COULD NO LONGER HOLD THEM OFF

18. WHERE THEY CAME FROM
THEY CAME FROM MODERN DAY DENMARK, NETHERLANDS, AND GERMANY )
THEY DROVE THE INDIGENOUS TRIBES (THE BRITONS) WESTWARD INTO MODERN DAY SCOTLAND, IRELAND, AND WALES
OVER TIME, THEY BEGAN TO MERGE AND FORM ONE TRIBE…THE “ANGLO-SAXONS”
THEY CALLED THE LAND “ANGLE-LOND” - “THE LAND OF THE ANGLES”…MODERN DAY ENGLAND.
SPOKE OLD GERMAN OR GERMANIC LANGUAGE

19. OTHER RAIDERS VIKINGS INVADE IN 8TH -10TH CENTURY…SOMEWHAT SUCCESSFUL
CAME FROM SCANDINAVIA (MODERN DAY – FINLAND, DENMARK, NORWAY, SWEDEN, AND ICELAND)
SPOKE NORSE
THE ANGLO-SAXON THEN UNIFY UNDER A SINGLE KING, KING ALFRED, ALFRED the GREAT. THE VIKINGS ARE TO THANK FOR THIS
THIS WAS AN ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THE INVADERS OFF THE ISLAND
LATER, THE DANES/VIKINGS AND THE ANGLO-SAXONS MADE PEACE

20. NORMAN INVADERS 1066 – NORMAN CONQUEST LED BY WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
FROM MODERN DAY FRANCE
SPOKE FRENCH
DRIVES THE DANES AND VIKINGS OUT, AND CONQUERS THE ANGLO-SAXONS

21. Video Review – 10 Facts

22. SO…WHAT IS THE EPIC POEM BEOWULF ABOUT?
STORY OF A GERMANIC WARRIOR
SETTING IS SCANDINAVIA DURING THE 5TH CENTURY
AROUND THE TIME THE ANGLO-SAXONS LEFT TO COME TO BRITTANIA

23. HE IS A WARRIORS, WARRIOR
HE FIGHTS MONSTERS AND DRAGONS
HE MAKES WOMAN SWOON
HE COMMANDS THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION OF EVERY MAN HE MEETS
HE FIGHTS BRAVELY IN THE PURSUIT OF GLORY FOR HIMSELF, HIS PEOPLE, AND HIS KING

24. Video (stop at 9:35)