The Anglo-Saxons

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The Anglo-Saxons

• 449-1066

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The British Legacy

• Great Britain has been _______ and _______ many
  times by various groups.
• Whatever is British today owes something to each
  of these _______.

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The Spirit of the Celts

• The Celts saw _______ (gods) everywhere in
  _______, and they are believed to control all
  aspects of _______.
• Priests, called _______, acted as _____________
  between the gods and the people.
• Sometimes participated in _______ dances and
  human _______.

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Celtic Stories

• Full of _______ _______
• Leap into the _______ (no matter how much blood
  is spilled)
• Enchanted lands where _______ and ___________
  rule

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Romans The Great Administrators

• Built a network of _______ and a great __________
  wall 73 miles long
• _________ gradually took hold
• Evacuated from Britain, leaving roads, walls,
  villas, and great public baths, but no _______
  ____________
• Angles, Saxons, and Jutes then arrived

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Unifying Forces

• _______ the Great helped England become
  politically unified through battles against
  invading _______.
• Christianity gradually began to convert England,
  providing a common _______ and common system of
  _______ and right conduct.
• In ______, William, duke of _______, successfully
  invaded England.

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Anglo-Saxon Life

• Warfare law and order were the responsibility
  of the _______ of the group.
• Fame and success were gained only through _______
  to the leader, and success was measured in
  _______ from the leader.
• Lived in clusters of buildings protected by a
  _______.
• _________ discussion and rule by _______

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Anglo-Saxon Religion

• _______, the Norse god of death, was also called
  Woden, from which we have __________, Wodens
  day.
• _______, the Norse god of thunder and lightening,
  is where we get _________, Thors day.
• Religion is concerned with the earthly virtues of
  _______, _______, generosity, and friendship.

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Bards Singing of Gods and Heroes

• To the Anglo-Saxons, creating _______ was as
  important as _______, hunting, farming, or
  loving.
• Poets sang to the strumming of a ______.

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Hope in Immortal Verse

• For non-Christian Anglo-Saxons, whose religion
  offered them no hope of an _______, only _______
  and its commemoration in _______ could provide a
  _______ against _______.
• _______, who preserved ones _______, were
  _________ members of Anglo-Saxon society.

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Christian Monasteries

• Served as centers of _______
• Preserved the Latin and Greek _______, as well as
  great works of popular _______
• _______ spent almost all their daylight hours
  __________ manuscripts by _______

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Rise of the English Language

• _______ alone remained the language of serious
  study in England until the time of King Alfred.
• Alfred instituted the Anglo-Saxon _______, a
  running _______ of England.
• _______ began to gain respect as a language of
  culture.