England Before Anglo-Saxons
England Before Anglo-Saxons
Anglo-Saxon Hierarchy and life
Religion
Religion
100
Inhabited what is now Britain
Who are the Brythons
100
Wall built across Northern England to protect the Roman's from the Celtic tribes
What is Hadrian's Wall
100
Expected to be generous to his loyal subjects
Who is the king?
100
religion consisting of many gods for different things
What is Paganism?
100
helped bring education and written literature to the islands
What is the church?
200
Settled in what is now present day Ireland
Who are the Gaels
200
Brought Christianity to the island
Who are the Romans
200
claimed kinship to founder of tribes. They were expected to be loyal
Who are the thanes?
200
Anglo Saxons had a strong belief in fate or what they referred to as
What is wyrd?
200
Explains the Christian influence on Beowulf which was mostly a pagan epic
Who are the Christian monks?
300
lived in closely tied clans and were farmers for the most part
Who are the Celtic groups?
300
They were able to take over the Britons by simple rowing up the English Rivers
Who are the Anglo-Saxons
300
large wooden structures were the kind lived and held his court and parties. Major social center of Anglo Saxon culture
What is a mead hall?
300
was able to convert King Ethelbert of Kent to Christianity leading to his whole kingdom converting.
Who is Saint Augustine?
300
The Father of English History
Who is Venerable Bede?
400
Preserved the people's myths and legends by reciting long heroic poems.
Who are the Druids
400
edges of the island, Cornwall and Wales. Others went to Ireland and then later Scotland
Where did the Britons go?
400
a drink similar to beer
What is mead?
400
promoted peace which helped to unite the English people
What is the church?
400
recited long epic poems which were either heroic or literary
Who are the scops?
500
Established roads and towns that served England for many centuries
Who are the Romans?
500
Invasions which took place between the 9th and 12th century
What is the Danish (viking) invasions
500
protective body armor consisting of small metal rings linked together to form a pattern of mesh
What is chainmail?
500
monks often worked as this recording and duplicating written work by hand
What is a scribe?
500
no form of reading or writing
What is preliterate?
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