Anglo-Saxon Poetry
Epic
Influences on English Language
Danish Attacks and Invasion
Norman Invasion
100
use of repeated "g" in grizzled gold-giver
What is alliteration?
100
list of people or things within an epic
What is a literary inventory?
100
Anglo-Saxon monk who wrote a church-history of England
Who is the Venerable Bede?
100
saved England from the Danish invasion in the 9th century
Who is Alfred the Great?
100
died in 1066 A.D. leaving no heir to the throne
Who is Edward the Confessor?
200
type of rhythm in Anglo-Saxon poetry
What is a 4-beat rhythm?
200
in medias res
What is Latin for "in the middle of things"?
200
1st king to sponsor public education in England
Who is Alfred the Great?
200
land given to Danes to prevent more attacks
What is the Danelaw?
200
last Anglo-Saxon king of England
Who is Harold Godwinson?
300
whale-road, sea-garment, etc.
What are kennings?
300
where the theme is usually found
What is the beginning of the epic?
300
history books created by a group of monks, tracing history back to 55 B.C.
What are The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles?
300
1014 A.D.
What is the date of the Danish invasion of England?
300
Duke of Normandy who conquered England
Who is William?
400
guardian of thanes, enemy of God, etc.
What are epithets?
400
long narrative poem, written in an elevated style, about the exploits of a legendary hero, from a tale handed down orally
What is a traditional epic?
400
language of the Roman Catholic Church
What is Latin?
400
crowned himself king of England in 1016 A.D.
Who is Canute?
400
Name of the battle which ended the Anglo-Saxon Period
What is the Battle of Hastings?
500
heroic and elegiac
What are the two Anglo-Saxon traditions used in poetry?
500
basis of all traditional epics
What is oral tradition?
500
monk who brought Christianity to England
Who is Augustine?
500
Alfred the Great's kingdom
What is Wessex?
500
language brought to England by the Normans
What is French?
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