1. Anglo-Saxons

2. The Anglo-Saxons c

3. Discuss Beowulf
What was this Germanic culture like according to the poem? Consider..
Values
Settlement of disputes
Entertainment
Fighting
Women
Aristocracy and peasants
The socioeconomic class of heroes

5. Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms c. 700

6. Monastic scribes

7. Written Laws Elevated the Prestige of Kings

8. The Ismere Diploma 736 Charter during Aethelbald’s reign 716-757

9. Anglo-Saxon Charter

10. Chirograph

12. Tribal Hidage c. 700-720 Hwinca syfan þusend hyda. 7,000
Ciltern sætna feower þusend hyda. 4,000
Hendrica þryu þusend hyda ond fif hund hyda. 3,500
Unecungaga twelf hund hyda. 1,200
Arosætna syx hund hyda. 600
Færpinga þreo hund hyda. is in Middelenglum Færpinga 300
Bilmiga syx hund hyda. 600
Eastwilla syx hund hyda. 600
Westwilla syx hund hyda. 600
East engle þrittig þusend hida. 30,000
Eastsexena syofon þusend hyda. 7,000
Cantwarena fiftene þusend hyda. 15,000
Suþsexena syufan þusend hyda. 7,000
Westsexena hund þusend hyda. 100,000

13. Coins of Offa

15. Anointing & Coronation Raised the Prestige of Kings

16. Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms c. 700

17. Viking Invasions of the British Isles

18. Viking Invasion

19. Alfred the Great

21. The Burghal Clusters

22. Guthrum’s Peace c. 886

23. Early Shire Structure approx. 30 shires. C. 950

24. Royal Writ

25. King Edgar, c. 973

26. Cnut the Great r. 1016-1035 Danish King of England

27. The Norman Conquest 1066

28. European Expansion

29. Physical Map of Europe

30. Moldboard plow

33. Agricultural Patterns throughout Europe c. 1300

34. The Hanseatic League c. 1300

36. Monarchies became increasingly powerful by 1300

37. Medieval Universities

38. French Gothic at St. Chapelle

39. The Annunciation

42. Siege of Jerusalem, 1099

43. Anglo-Saxons Migrations Originally adamant pagans
begin from Continent in 5th century
initiate battles with Britons
Originally adamant pagans
Converted through domestic proselytization
Augustine of Canterbury arrives 597
Ethelbert of Kent and Queen Bertha
Establishment of Roman Christianity in Britain
eventual conflict with Irish Christianity

44. Christianity and Literacy
Clerical literati
Written legal codes
Ethelbert c. 600
Alfred c. 900
Written charters
Formal wills and writs

45. The Northumbrian Renaissance c.625- c.790
Illuminated Manuscripts
Intellectual revival
Bede
Alcuin
Conversion
Mercia
Continental Saxons, including Frisia
Composition of Beowulf?

46. The Venerable Bede

47. Alfred the Great (849-99) Unification of Southern England
Establishment of Uniform Legal Code
Reinvigoration of Learning
Danish Invasions (793- c.900)
Danish cultural influence
Establishment of the Danelaw c. 900
Unification of Mercians and West Saxons
Danish rule ends 1042

48. English Society c. 1066 Political Unity and Administrative System
English Identity
Anglo-Saxon
Danish/Scandinavian
Thoroughly Christian
Uniform Currency
Established Vernacular Tradition

49. Summary
The conquests of the Franks, Anglo-Saxons, and Normans had an enduring impact on the formation of the political boundaries of Europe
Similarly the achievements of the Celtic Church during its golden age had an enduring impact on the spread of monasticism and the preservation of texts throughout Europe; ultimately, however, Celtic Christianity gradually receded as the papacy formed an enduring relationship with the Franks