In a major overview of history,... all dates of events prior to the Fall of Rome around 500 AD are considered to be in this Period.
What is Ancient?
100
These folk come the England from Europe about 1000 BC.
They establish their culture which lasts through a period of Roman occupation during the final four centuries of their presence in England.
Who are the Celts?
100
Composer of "The Ecclesiastical History of the British People". It was originally written in Latin.
Who is the Venerable Bede?
100
Missionary to the English, brings Christianity to the region of Kent in 597 AD.
Who is Augustine?
100
Pious King, He takes a vow of chastity thereby leaving no heir to the throne upon his death in 1065.
Who is Edward the Confessor?
200
The Anglo-Saxon Period in England is concurrent (simultaneous) with this more generic period of European history dating from 500 AD to 1000 AD.
What is the Dark Ages?
200
There are 4 separate groups of Celts in the British Isles, This is the name the group found in Ireland.
Who are the Gaels?
200
According to your instructor, this is the oldest work ( a fragment of a poem) to have survived from Anglo-Saxon times.
What is "The Seafarer?"
200
The highly celebrated missionary to the Irish. He taught of the Trinity using the Shamrock. The Irish enjoy toasting his feast day in March each year.
Who is St. Patrick?
200
While Edward turns his eyes to spiritual pursuits, he has this Saxon, the Earl of Wessex, run the Kingdom in his stead. Upon Edward's death, he assumes the throne.
Who is Harold Godwinson?
300
In the midst of the Dark Ages, this group becomes the scourge of all Europe with its reign of terror typified by invasion from the sea.
Who are the Vikings?
300
The three groups of Germanic Barbarians that come to Britain after the Romans have left. Their migrations begin in 449 AD.
Who are the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes?
300
One-Tenth of all existing Anglo Saxon poetry is the 3182 lines of this Epic.
What is "Beowulf?"
300
Anglo Saxon orphan taken in at the monestary at Jarrow. He becomes England's first know author. Brilliant mind, the Einstein of the 800's. He composes a church history of England.
Who is the Venerable Bede?
300
Claimant to the throne of England, a Norman Frenchman of illigitmate birth. He claims bloodlines to Edward the Confessor and a promise of his throne.
He will fight for what he feels is his throne in England using loyal Norman French friends and their armies.
Who is William?
400
This historical trend of around 1500 AD marks the end of the Middle Ages and beginning of the Modern Period.
What is the Renaissance?
400
They establish the Danelaw in the North-Eastern half of England between 787 AD and 878 AD.
Who are the Vikings. Norse / Danes
400
Travelling entertainers among the Anglo-Saxon people.
Who are the Scops?
400
King who commissions the building of Westminster Abbey.
Who is Edward the Confessor.
400
Site of the Battle for the throne of England in 1066.
What is Hastings?
500
We mark the year 1000 AD as the Mid-Point between the Dark Ages and the High Medieval Period in England.
More specifically in England, it is this exact year which marks the end of the Anglo-Saxon Period.
What is 1066?
500
In the 800's, Vikings settle into the North coast of France along the English Channel.
Name the the descendants of these people who will invade England in 1066 led by William the Conqueror.
Who are the Normans?.
500
Great King who commissioned "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles". This is a history of his people and predecessors. It was composed in his vernacular, Old English.
Who is Alfred the Great?
500
The missionary to the Scots and Jutes of Scotland; he was a fellow missionary with Patrick in Ireland.
Who is St. Columba?
500
Harold's painful battle wound that leads to his death.