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Anglo Saxon Life
Anglo Saxon Lit
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The 5th century invaders of what we call the British Isles.
Who were the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians?
100
He is considered the savior of the English Language.
Who is Alfred the Great?
100
The days of the week named after ancient Germanic gods.
What are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday?
100
The name of the council of elders that elected a king.
What is a witan?
100
The book said to have been written by Alfred the Great.
What is the Anglo Saxon Chronicle?
200
The two Celtic tribes that emigrated to the islands from the Iberian peninsula.
Who were the Britons and Gaels?
200
He wrote a History of the English Church and People.
Who is the Venerable Bede?
200
This is another name for the Danish invaders.
Who are Vikings?
200
The storytelling priests of the Celts.
Who are the druids?
200
The most important piece of heroic poetry from this time period.
What is Beowulf?
300
These invaders left a network of paved roads.
Who were the Romans?
300
One of the two monks who promoted the spread of Christianity in the isles.
Who are Columba or Augustine?
300
This is one of two names given to the professional minstrels, or storytellers, who recited verse for ceremonial occasions or military victory.
Who are scops or gleemen?
300
The religion of the Anglo Saxons.
What is paganism?
300
The Venerable Bede's famous book.
What is A History of the English Church and People?
400
The Romans introduced this religion to the isles.
What is Christianity?
400
One of the two scholars after Alfred the Great's death who were known for writing sermons or homilies in Old English.
Who are Aelfric or Wulfstan?
400
This is the most dominant pagan element found in Anglo-Saxon literature, an ever-present sense of an ominous fate.
What is wyrd?
400
He was the Anglo Saxon king converted to Christianity in the 6th century.
Who is King Ethelbert?
400
Caedmon's famous contribution to Anglo Saxon poetry.
What is Caedmon's Hymn?
500
His relationship with the Norman-French ruler, William, led to the end of the Anglo Saxon period.
Who is Edward the Confessor?
500
He was the writer of a famous "Hymn" in the Christian era.
Who is Caedmon?
500
The mid-line pause found in Anglo Saxon poetry.
What is a ceasura?
500
The other name for Old English.
What is Anglo Saxon?
500
The early Anglo Saxon poem that commemorates a military defeat at the hands of the Danes.
What is The Battle of Maldon?