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Early British History
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Canterbury Tales
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The antagonists in the Beowulf story.
Who are Grendel and his mother?
100
The main drink of the Danes in their halls was this fermented drink.
What is mead?
100
Greek travelers who visited Great Britain found an island inhabited by these tall blond warriors who had priest called Druids.
What are Celts?
100
This man is regarded as the "Father of English History"
Who is The Venerable Bede?
100
Author of the Canterbury Tales
Who is Geoffrey Chaucer?
200
Beowulf was passed down from generation to generation this way, since it was not recorded until many years later.
What is the oral tradition?
200
The most influential modern Beowulf scholar was this man who also wrote the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Who is J.R.R. Tolkien?
200
In 55 B.C. the Celtts were finally conquered by the legions of this city led by this man.
What is Rome and Julius Caesar?
200
Saint Augustine converted King Ethelbert and set up a monastery at this place. (Many tales by Chaucer)
What is Canterbury?
200
A religious journey made to a holy place.
What is a pilgrimage?
300
Beowulf was the son of Edgetho and was of this lineage, because he was from Sweden.
What is a Geat?
300
The name of the great hall where the Danes drank mead and also where they were attacked nightly by Grendel.
What is Herot Hall?
300
Many of the Norse gods and goddesses names like Thor or Woden eventually became this for modern day purposes.
What is days of the week? Thor-thursday, Woden (Odin) Wednesday
300
These oral poets or bards often celebrated the deeds of heroic warriors in long epic poems and song.
What are scops?
300
The number of pilgrims that set out on the trip in the Canterbury Tales.
What is 29?
400
Beowulf went to aid this king of the Danes in Denmark.
Who is Hrothgar?
400
A compound word that evokes vivid pictures, for example, "peace-weaver".
What is a kenning?
400
English began to gain respect as a language of culture and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was instituted as a result of this kings efforts.
Who is King Alfred?
400
Early life in Briton consisted of a tribual unit which had a king who was chosen by this council of elders.
What is a witan?
400
This section begins the Canterbury Tales by outlining where they are going, where they meet, and by briefly introducing the characters.
What is The Prologue?
500
Because these individuals copied the manuscript for Beowulf, it is believed that many pagan references were substituted with Christian references.
Who were monks?
500
A long narrative poem that tells of the great deeds of a larger-than-life hero.
What is an epic?
500
Because Great Britain was settled by the Anglo-Saxons, the land became known as the land of the Angles or this modern day name.
What is England?
500
This was the most significant thing that the Romans brought to Britain.
What is written language?
500
The literary term for a story within a story as illustrated by the Canterbury Tales.
What is a frame story?