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Historical Background
Social Structure
Figures
Characteristics of Poetry
Additional Terms
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Earliest inhabitants of the British Isles
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Who are the Iberians?
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The second invaders of Britain from
approximately 800 to 55 B. C. two tribes were
the Brithons and Gaels
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Who were the Celts?
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This Roman emperor first invaded the Isles in 55
B. C.
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Who was Julius Caesar?
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This Roman ruler conquered the British Isles
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Who was Claudius?
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List two of the three Germanic tribes who drove
the Romans from the Isles
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Who were the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes?
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Old English developed from this language
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What is German?
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Prior to Alfred the Great, written literature was
in this language
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What is Latin?
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Anglo-Saxon tribes were led by this Witan-elected
person
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Who is the king?
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Two elements of civilization returned by the
Church
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What are written literature and education?
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The two religions which dominated Anglo-Saxon
literature one was brought by the Romans, the
other by Germanic tribes
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What were Roman Catholicism (Christianity) and
Paganism (worship of many gods)?
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Resisted the Viking invasion and expanded his
kingdom kept records of English history in the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle encouraged learning and
education oversaw translations of literature
from Latin into the vernacular fostered the
growth of an English language and literature
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Who was Alfred the Great?
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Monk who wrote the History of the English Church
and People
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Who was Bede?
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His death led to the Norman conquest
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Who was Edward the Confessor?
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This man led the Norman conquest his victory
ended the Anglo-Saxon period
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Who was William the Conqueror?
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This battle occurred in 1066
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What was the Battle of Hastings?
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The repetition of initial consonant sounds
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What is alliteration?
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A narrative poem about the deeds of a hero
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What is an epic?
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The major genre of the Anglo-Saxon period
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What is poetry?
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An elaborate way of describing something
ordinary ex the Whale Road (ocean)
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What is a kenning?
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A mid-line pause
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What is a caesura?
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Alphabet of letters used during this period
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What are runes?
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A mournful, contemplative poem
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What is an elegy?
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Professional minstrels who provided entertainment
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What are scops?
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The language of the common people during the
Anglo-Saxon period, it was Old English
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What is the vernacular?
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Two types of Anglo-Saxon verse
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What are heroic and elegiac?