1. THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD

2. 55 BC – ROME tries to conquer Britain – Julius Caesar invades

3. 43 AD – CLAUDIUS invades and establishes garrisons, integrating facets of Roman life: meeting halls amphitheaters laws & courts public baths temples sanitation systems ROADS

4. Britain Abandoned
410 AD – ROME FALLS and leaves garrisons in Britain on their own –

5. When the Romans Leave…
England’s “door” is open to invasion

6. Germanic Tribes

7. The Angle, Saxon, and Jute tribes who invaded Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries are known as the Anglo-Saxons. They left their homelands in northern Germany, Denmark and northern Holland and rowed across the North Sea in wooden boats.
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8. Historians are not sure why the Anglo-Saxons came to Britain
Historians are not sure why the Anglo-Saxons came to Britain. It may have been because their land often flooded and it was difficult to grow crops, so they were looking for new places to settle down and farm. Some sources say that Saxon warriors were invited to come to England.
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9. The Anglo-Saxons took control of most of Britain, although they never conquered Scotland, Wales and Cornwall. They divided the country into kingdoms, each with its own royal family. The stronger kingdoms often took control of the weaker kingdoms. By around AD 600 the five main Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, Kent and Anglia.
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10. A “British” Culture Begins to Develop
WARRIOR KINGS:
protect themselves by gathering a retinue of THANES who pledged FEALTY
take over some of the old Roman towns and governmental procedures, i.e.: taxation, conscription, defensive walls

11. Mead Hall
MEAD HALLS were meeting areas, where kings heard cases, passed judgment, and held social gatherings
(80’ long X 40’ wide, 5” thick boards)

12. 597 AD – AUGUSTINE sent to convert England to Christianity- establishes first
archbishopric, at CANTERBURY
SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY brings: trade, writing, unity & peace

13. Alfred the Great
878 AD – Alfred the Great, a Saxon king from Wessex, takes over much of
England

14. No Primogeniture 1066 AD- English king dies.
Duke of Normandy proclaims that HE will take the English throne. Defeats Harold II (who HAD been appointed king) at the BATTLE OF HASTINGS and becomes the first Norman king of England, William I.

15. French Influences
Feudalism
Language
Chivalry
Art
Science
Music

16. IN THE MEANTIME:

17. Charlemagne
Charlemagne institutes the Holy Roman Empire

18. Mohammad establishes Islam

19. Mayans develop calendar, writing, pyramids

20. Tang Dynasty prospers in China

21. Vikings go a’viking

22. Beowulf as an epic poem Descriptive
Ceremonial address defines what the Beowulf poet considers the most important values in life:
Honor
Loyalty
Perseverance
Good sense

23. Epic Poem Epic Hero Long narrative poem Deals with great heroes
Adventures
National, world-wide,or cosmic setting
Involves supernatural forces
Deliberately ceremonial style
Not born in the setting
Perilous journeys
Supernatural influences
Cunning
Warrior
Larger than life
Dies defending or refusing to give up
Tragic flaw
Has Hubris

24. Beowulf Vocabulary Epithet * Synecdoche
Formulaic address * Foreshadowing
Kenning * Hyperbole
Scop * Allusion
Alliteration * Characterization
Caesura
Personification