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The Anglo-Saxon Period

The Anglo-Saxon Period. 449 – 1066 AD. The Dark Ages. battle confusion uproar outrage attempts at educational improvements and religion. The History of Britain. 1. Iberians. first group to invade Britain came from present-day Spain and Portugal brought stone-age weaponry:

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The Anglo-Saxon Period

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  1. The Anglo-Saxon Period 449 – 1066 AD

  2. The Dark Ages • battle • confusion • uproar • outrage • attempts at educational improvements and religion

  3. The History of Britain

  4. 1. Iberians • first group to invade Britain • came from present-day Spain and Portugal • brought stone-age weaponry: • flint arrowhead • flint knife • stone hand axe • sling shot

  5. Britons settled Britain Gaels settled Ireland 2. Celts • spoke different Celtic languages • farmers and hunters • long, heroic poems about their • history • myths (Old King Cole, King Lear)

  6. 3. Romanscontributed paved roads and highways • Julius Caesar • ruled for only 100 years - declaring Britain conquered and returned to France • Claudius • ruled for over 300 years, but left to protect Rome from Northern European Tribes

  7. 4. Anglos, Saxons, & Jutes • farmers and fishermen • brought their society based on rank/class • divided Britain into 7 kingdoms: • Ireland • Wales • Mercia • Scotland • North Umbria • Wessex • Danelaw

  8. Language: Anglo-Saxon (Old English) looks like present-day Dutch or German

  9. Paganism – worship of gods & idols Tiu – god of war and sky (Tuesday) Woden – chief of gods (Wednesday) Fria – goddess of home (Friday) Stoicism – fate rules Christianity most of England followed by 650 promoted: peace education literature promoters: St. Patrick Columba St. Augustine Anglo-Saxon Religion

  10. With the encouragement of education, schools were founded at York and Canterbury, England and written literature was promoted. Venerable Bede(a monk) “father of English history”

  11. Norse (Norway) Danes (Denmark) 5. Vikings • destroyed and stole religious objects of worship • King Alfred of Wessex • stopped the Vikings in Wessex • united the 7 kingdoms • “Alfred the Great” • encouraged a rebirth of learning and education

  12. peace begins… • After about 100 years: • Danes became peaceful • communicated with the Anglo-Saxons • “law” • Danish skills were incorporated • farming • beer brewing • trade • England grew into different towns

  13. 6. Norman Conquest • William, Duke of Normandy • conquered Anglo-Saxon England in 1066 • ended Anglo-Saxon rule

  14. British Isles Origination Celtic Druids memorized poems about heroic leaders Anglo-Saxon Scops and gleemen performed epics accompanied by a harp - Riddles Old English Literature

  15. Examples of Epics: • Homer’s • The Illiad • The Odyssey • Virgil’s • The Aeneid

  16. Let’s get started… with Beowulf.

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