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Anglo-Saxon England Medieval. “Celts”. 500 B.C. give or take Iron Age Clans ruled with own culture Warriors, Intellectuals (druids), commoners, slaves Women warriors: Boudicca Head hunting = head housed soul Polytheistic = many gods Pastoral and Warriors
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“Celts” • 500 B.C. give or take • Iron Age • Clans ruled with own culture • Warriors, Intellectuals (druids), commoners, slaves • Women warriors: Boudicca • Head hunting = head housed soul • Polytheistic = many gods • Pastoral and Warriors • Legends of Merlin / King Arthur • Oral Tradition • Great warriors • Decline due to arguing • Celts in England = Britons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9G01vm9MVa4
Roman Empire • 55 B.C. Julius Caesar invades and battles Celts / destroys Druid’s power • Mean Romans imposed heavy taxes but then met fierce opposition • Hadrian Wall – to keep northern invaders away • Roads, cities, culture, law, iron, protection, LATIN • Pagan and Catholicism merged from Roman Christian missionaries: St. Patrick • Cultural Diffusion • Left around 400 A.D. to defend Rome
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJZIBx1fpUU Germanic Invasion: 410 to 1066 AD Angles, Saxons, and Jutes • Celts forced to mountains • Rule was given to the leader who could win battles -- LOTS OF BLOOD • Religion: paganism; eventual Catholicism by Saint Augustine • Destruction of Roman influence • Cultural Diffusion • Declined from feuding; no leadership; Viking attacks • Tales of King Arthur and Knights of Round Table – possibly Roman soldier who defended Celts from Saxons
Old English Literature = orally; elegiac EXETER BOOK • Many variations • Lines divided by Caesura (pause) • Alliteration • Kennings Ex. Hall-foe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wl-OZ3breE
Lady Godiva • Lady Godiva rode naked through town of Coventry so her mean husband would lower the taxes of the towns; around 1057 • Poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson • Allusion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKjcoFZmKuA Beowulf • First originated around 700 AD ?? • Went through years of oral tradition • Fact and Fiction • Written in England; setting is Scandinavian • Christianized • J.R.R. Tolkien wrote an essay that demanded critics take the poem seriously • 1st major work of English literature • Know the 3 stories! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CH-_GwoO4xI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGgsyKS_Tak
1066 to 1500 • Vikings or Normans conquer Normandy, France and adopt a French culture • 1066 William the Conqueror takes England at Battle of Hastings and becomes new King of England setting up Castles and Feudal System • French culture forced upon English “colony” • France = sophisticated and English = common • CULTURAL DIFFUSION: new religion, new language, new culture • 1204 Wars and disputes forced people to declare allegiance to France or England = national identity • Unity during Crusades for control of Holy Land
Dark Ages: little written; for only the elite • Chivalric Adventure: knight is hero, courtly love, worship of woman, references to classic literature, adventures, dragons, war, magic, heroism • Heavy use of Alliteration: Shutt sells sardines to Sally. • Ballads (Robin Hood / King Arthur)
Robin Hood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU2G7C4BJa4
Sir Thomas Malory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca6BNtdT_-Y • Tales of King Arthur or Artorius Le Morte D’arthur • Chivalric Romance: Lancelot, Queen Guinevere, and King Arthur
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E-0PaK4RtI Chaucer • Standardize the English vernacular • Farce and Irony • Chaucer—Shakespeare • Unfinished Canterbury Tales: Sir Thomas Beckett
Canterbury Tales Characters http://english.fsu.edu/canterbury What is Chaucer’s Definition? Knight Skipper Squire Wife of Bath Yeoman Parson Prioress Plowman Monk Miller Friar Reeve Merchant Summoner Oxford Clerk Pardoner Man of Law Franklin
Project: mimic Canterbury Tales Pick a “clique” at school. Create a character from that click. By yourself or with partner: Are you honoring or making fun of them? 12 line character sketch (6 couplets) (lots of alliteration / couplets)
English language evolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3r9bOkYW9s