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Focus

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  • Traditionally centers around nobility and royalty
  • Shaped by invaded who assimilated into culture
  • Theme: Eternal struggle of good against evil
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Periods of English Literature (UK)

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  • Old English: 650-1100 AD
  • Middle English: 1100-1500 AD
  • Modern English: 1500 AD-Present
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Pre Anglo-Saxon:

Iberian

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  • 2000 BC
  • Stonehenge
  • Primitive cave dwellers who arrived in boats from Spain/Egypt/Crete
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Pre Anglo-Saxon

Britons

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  • 1200-600 BC
  • Celtic tribes invaded from Europe
  • Brought Druids, human sacrifice rituals, monsters/dragons, “elder” (king)
  • Frequently warring
  • Languages: Gaelic, Welsh, Breton
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Pre Anglo-Saxon

Roman Invasion

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  • 55 BC and 43 AD
  • Julius Caesar wrote accounts of invasions, drove Gaelic into NW hills
  • Claudius for 300
  • New structures, government system
  • Left in 407 AD
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Germanic Invasion of Rome

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  • Decline of Roman Empire allowed Germanic tribes to invade

- England open to invasion

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Christianity

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  • Originated from Celtic Christianity of Ireland, Kent 597
  • 563 Monks establish centers of learning, mission throughout England
  • Bring Latin writing
  • 7th century, Benedictines establish monasteries (English written)
  • Bede: 674-735 AD, lived in Tarrow monastery and recorded Roman history in Latin
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Anglo-Saxon Invasions

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  • 449 AD
  • Jutes, Anglos, Saxons from Germanic tribes from Europe assimilate with Celts/Romans
  • Expand Roman civilization, more democratic government
  • Build communal farmlands
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Anglo-Saxon Terms

  • aethling
  • wetan
  • earldorman
  • thanes
  • theows
  • thralls
  • geneat
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  • Well born warrior
  • Wise man
  • Elder, title of nobility
  • Wealthy land owner
  • Serfs
  • Slaves
  • Owns land, owes allegiance to thane/earl/King
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Anglo-Saxon Religion/Culture

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  • Warriors and Nordic mythology
  • advanced weaponry, hero stories and oral tradition
  • Lasts until 1066 AD
  • Celtic retreat, King Arthur in Wales. Nordic raids in 787 AD
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Nordic Raids

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  • 787 AD
  • Pillages, raped, and stole
  • Were pagans responsible for killing monks
  • Words: Windows, sky
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Alfred the Great (878 AD)

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  • Anglo-Saxon King (Christian) who defeated Danes
  • Great military leader who rebuilt the kingdom
  • Writer of history (“Anglo-Saxon Chronicles”, common laws and history, Caesar to 1154)
  • Translated gospel of St. John’a into English, made gospel accessible to Anglos
  • Father of English prose
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Norman Invasions

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  • 1066 AD
  • Normandy, from Vikings
  • William of Normandy defeated King Harold in 106)
  • Normans rule for 100s of years, introduce French language
  • Commoners spoke crude English