Synonyms/Details
Another name for the Anglo-Saxon Period?
The Dark Ages
Early Anglo-Saxon literature took the forms of what?
Epic Poems
What are the Anglo-Saxon Period dates?
449-1066 A.D.
Roman General who led invasions on Britain and was the 1st to write about England?
Julius Caesar
What literary device depicts the use of the same letter/sound consecutively?
Alliteration
Another name for the Norse and Dane fierce warriors?
Vikings
What is the earliest Anglo-Saxon belief that life was left to fate?
Wyrd
What invaders introduced Christianity to Britain?
Romans
Roman missionary who became the 1st archbishop of Canterbury?
Augustine
A literary device that uses a compound descriptive phrase and replaces the noun?
Kenning
How did Augustine’s monasteries serve the people?
fostered learning & preserving literature
This holds the surviving pieces of Anglo-Saxon literature?
The Exeter Book
Who were the 3 tribes that invaded Britain in 449 A.D.?
Angles, Saxons, Jutes
The king who defeated the Vikings?
Alfred the Great
Celtic Chief who led invasions against the Anglo-Saxons?
Arthur
The newly assimilated Anglo-Saxon culture became the basis for what language?
Old English
Why did Christianity appeal to the Anglo-Saxons?
Christianity raised the possibility that the Anglo-Saxon could leave their harsh world and go on to heaven’s eternal happiness.
What caused the years of war between the Anglo-Saxons and the Danes to come to an end?
invasion by the Normans under William of Normandy or William the Conqueror
The monk who wrote The History of the English People and Church?
Venerable Bede
Led the last successful invasion of Britain called the Norman Conquest?
William the Conqueror
Original literature written at the monasteries was written _____ and later transcribed to _____?
Latin, Old English
Anglo-Saxon king who created the 1st English navy?
Alfred the Great
Literary Device that uses a compound adjective to describe something? (This compound adjective is still in the sentence with the word it describes).
Stock Epithet