Exam Review:

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Exam Review

• Anglo Saxon Middle Ages

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England Early Times

• From Englands Prehistoric Past, name the well
  known, ancient, mystical stone circle found near
  Salisbury.
• Stonehenge
• Which culture inhabits Britain from about 2,000
  till the coming of the Romans?
• The Celts

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• Name the Celtic Tribes in the British Isles,
  first those in Ireland
• Gaels
• Two Celtic Tribes of Scotland
• Scots and Picts
• Which Celts are the inhabitants of what today is
  England?
• Bretons

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Celts todayGaelsPictsScotsWelshBretons
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• Language spoken by the Celts?
• Celtic, of course
• First Westerner to visit the Celtic Bretons
  in 55 BC. He leads his army from Gaul.
• Julius Caesar
• Who conquers the Celts in 44 AD and will occupy
  the Island for a 4 centuries?
• Romans

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Roman Occupation of Britain

• How long will the Romans stay in Britain?
• 400 years.
• What advantages does Rome provide?
• Protection, a money economy, great trade with its
  entire empire, engineering skills, political
  advances, and many others.

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Roman Occupation of Britain 44 ADthrough 449
AD
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• What Roman Emperor walls off the Northern Celts?
• Hadrian
• What language do the Romans speak?
• Latin
• Why do the Romans desert Britain?
• Rome itself is threatened

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Anglo Saxon England

• When do the first Germanic tribes come to the
  British Isles?
• 449 AD
• Name the 3 Germanic tribes who come to England?
• Angles, Saxons, and Jutes
• A silly Question, but what language do these
  Germanic tribes speak?
• Germanic, but an older versionin England, this
  German becomes known as Old English.

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• Where do most of the Celts migrate to avoid the
  advancing Anglo-Saxons?
• Wales and Cornwall in England, Brittany in
  France.
• Name the Christian Celtic leader who attempts to
  fight off the pagan Germans.
• Arthur
• Kiera Knightly as Guinevere,
• in this version a Pict.

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• Name for the wandering storyteller of the
  Anglo-Saxon folk.
• Scopsometime called a gleeman, bard, or minstrel
  
• What was the favored alcoholic beverage of the
  Anglo-Saxons?
• Mead
• Where would you expect to hear a singing scop?
• The Mead Hall

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Mead Hall
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• True is the tale I tell of my Travels shows
  what poetic device?
• Alliteration
• This line opens a famous fragment of the oldest
  poem composed in England...name it.
• The Seafarer
• Besides Alliteration, name another common
  characteristic of AS style Poetry.
• Meter, with 4 heavy beats per line.
• Trivia That Pause between 2 and 3?
• Caesura

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• Most famous work of AS Literature?
• Beowulf
• Genre of Beowulf?
• Epic
• Beowulf, a Prince of the Geats goes to the aid of
  this Danish King?
• Hrothgar

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Beowulf
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• Who is terrorizing King Hrothgar?
• The monster, Grendel.
• Can you name Hrothgars Mead Hall?
• Heorot
• In the next episode of Beowulf, after ripping off
  Grendels arm, who does Beowulf fight?
• Grendels Hag of a Mother.

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• As an old King, who is Beowulfs last battle
  against?
• A dragon
• Name the brilliant monk who wrote the Church
  History of Briton.
• Bede
• What descriptive term is almost always used as an
  epithet to Bede?
• Venerable

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• Bede, as an orphaned youth up in Northumbria
  would have spoken what language?
• Old English/ Germanic
• As a monk, Bede composed his works in what
  language?
• Latin
• Including his Latin and Old English, how many
  language did Bede master?
• At least 5.

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• Name the region of England that Vikings control
  from in the 9th century.
• The Danelaw
• Name the AS King who repels the Viking invaders?
• Alfred, the Great
• What work of literature/history is attributed to
  King Alfred the Great and his scholars?
• The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles

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Danelaw Alfred the Great
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1066

• Who takes a vow of chastity and does not produce
  an heir for his throne?
• Edward the Confessor
• Who is the Saxon who takes the throne upon the
  death of Edward?
• Harold ( know his last name?)
• Godwinson
• Who fights Harold for the throne?
• William the Conqueror

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• Where does the Battle take place in 1066 in which
  William defeats Harold?
• Hastings
• What is Harolds death wound?
• An arrow through the eye
• What cultural group fights for William?
• Normans
• What language do the Normans speak?
• French

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ENOUGH!

• Scholars of the Anglo-Saxon Period, you should
  stop here.
• Beyond this is Medieval Literature to be covered
  after the New Year dawns.
• If you wish, re-do up to this point.

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The Middle Ages in England.

• What two languages will blend between 1066 and
  1400 to bring us a recognizable Middle English?
• Old English (German) French
• Name the genre/form of literature where short
  rhyming poems are put to music. They tell
  stories.
• Ballad

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• In a popular ballad Who follows the Kings
  orders and drowns at sea.
• Sir Patrick Spens
• In a popular ballad she rejects Sir John Graham
  who dies of a broken heart. She too then dies.
• Bonnie Barbara Allen

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• Who has to get up and bar the door?
• The Goodman
• How many ghostly visitors come to the Wife at
  Ushers Well?
• Three
• Name the popular pilgrimage site in Southeastern
  England.
• Canterbury

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• Who was martyred at Canterbury in 1174 by Henrys
  knights?
• Thomas ABeckett
• Who is the author of The Canterbury Tales, in
  which pilgrims tell tales?
• Geoffrey Chaucer
• What language does Chaucer use?
• Middle English

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• Who pens Le Morte DArthur?
• Sir Thomas Mallory
• Name someone defeated in battle by The Knight of
  the Fountain.
• Grifflet, Arthur.
• Who tells Arthur the scabbard is more valuable
  than the sword Excalibur?
• Merlin

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• First printer in England.
• William Caxton

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• Holy Wars against Muslims.
• Crusades
• Long, long war between England and France?
• 100 Years War.

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• English king who is victorious at Agincourt in
  the 100 years war.
• Henry V
• French girl who was a heroine in the 100 years
  war.
• Joan of Arc
• Another name for the 30 years civil war 1455-1485
  which ends at Bosworth Field.
• War of the Roses

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