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From Legend to History Mr. Krake – British Literature
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Roman Impact on Britain Roads Fortifications Aqueducts Military protection from invasion Universal Language (Latin) Currency Is our world moving towards a universal language/currency?
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Bayeaux Tapestry
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What does the Bayeaux Tapestry tell us?
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Bayeaux Tapestry 230 Feet Long x 20 Inches. French needleworker’s stitched on strips of linen. Hung in the French town of Bayeaux. Tells the story of William the Conqueror Invading England.
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Norman Conquest Normans – “North Men” – Vikings, who invaded France. Brought Feudalism to England.
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Literature of the.
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Saxon Literature Heroic Poetry: –Recounting the achievements of warriors Elegiac Poetry: –Lamenting the deaths of loved ones and the loss of the past.
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Literature of the Middle Ages Secular: –Poetry of Love & Nature –Ballad Folk song telling a story
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Literature of the Middle Ages Religious: –Miracle Plays, or “Mystery Plays” Bible stories –Morality plays
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The Changing English Language
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What kinds of events caused important changes to early English? What foreign influences impacted the development of the English Language?
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The Changing English Language Celts –Gaelic Danes –Germanic Angles –Germanic Romans –Latin Normans –French
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Conquest & Invasion Englisc (Old English) Normans – French involvement (Middle English) –bedd –candel –eorth –faederm –froendscipe –healf –healp –mann –moder –waeter
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