Anglo-Saxon poetry
traditional epic
Influences on English language
Danish threat and invasion
Norman invasion
100
use of repeated "g" in grizzled gold-giver
What is alliteration?
100
list of people or items mentioned in an epic
What is a literary inventory?
100
Anglo-Saxon monk who wrote a church-related history of England
Who is the Venerable Bede?
100
date of the Danish invasion
What is 1014 A.D.?
100
died without a successor in 1066 A.D.
Who is Edward the Confessor?
200
whale-road
What is a kenning?
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
crowned himself king of England
Who is Canute?
200
last Anglo-Saxon king of England
Who is Harold Godwinson?
300
protector of thanes, enemy of God, etc.
What are epithets?
300
passing down tales by word of mouth
What is oral tradition?
300
a multi-volume history of England written by a number of monks
What is The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
300
English land given to the Danes by the Anglo-Saxons to prevent Danish attacks
What is the Danelaw
300
Duke of Normandy who conquered England in 1066?
Who is William the Conqueror?
400
type of rhythm in Anglo-Saxon poetry
What is a 4-beat rhythm?
400
usually announced at the beginning of an epic
What is the theme?
400
the language of the Roman Catholic Church
What is Latin?
400
saved England from Danish invasion in the 9th century
Who is Alfred the Great?
400
language of the Normans
What is French?
500
heroic and elegiac
What are the two Anglo-Saxon traditions used in poetry?
500
long narrative poem, written in an elevated style, about a hero from a traditional tale or legend, passed down orally
What is an epic?
500
brought Christianity to England
Who is St. Augustine?
500
Alfred's kingdom
What is Wessex?
500
name of the battle that was the Norman invasion
What is the Battle of Hastings?
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