1. The Anglo-Saxon Period
449 – 1066 AD

2. The Dark Ages battle confusion uproar outrage
attempts at educational improvements and religion

3. looks like present-day
Language:
Anglo-Saxon
(Old English)
looks like present-day
Dutch or German

4. Anglo-Saxon Religion Paganism – worship of gods & idols
Tiu – god of war and sky
(Tuesday)
Woden – chief of gods
(Wednesday)
Fria – goddess of home
(Friday)
Stoicism – fate rules
Christianity
most of England followed by 650
promoted:
peace
education
literature
promoters:
St. Patrick
Columba
St. Augustine

5. Old English Literature
British Isles
Origination
Celtic Druids memorized poems about heroic leaders
Anglo-Saxon
Scops and gleemen performed epics accompanied by a harp
- Riddles

6. Examples of Epics:
Homer’s
The Illiad
The Odyssey
Virgil’s
The Aeneid

7. Beowulf