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PREHISTORIC BRITAIN

PREHISTORIC BRITAIN. THE IBERIANS Stonhenge 700 BC THE CELTS 55 BC THE ROMANS first invasion 43 BC first settlement 410 BC withdrawl. THE ANGLO SAXON.

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PREHISTORIC BRITAIN

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  1. PREHISTORIC BRITAIN THE IBERIANS Stonhenge 700 BC THE CELTS 55 BC THE ROMANS first invasion 43 BC first settlement 410 BC withdrawl

  2. THE ANGLO SAXON • 410 AD The Romans left • The Celts alone askedGermanic Anglo-Saxonmercenaries for help • 455 AD invadedEngland

  3. Where did the Anglo-Saxons come from? • The Anglo-Saxons left their homelands in - northern Germany - Denmark - The Netherlands and rowed across the North Sea in wooden boats to Britain.

  4. Whowere the Anglo-Saxons? • Mixture of Germanictribes - the ANGLES - the SAXONS - the JUTES • divided the country in 7 Kingdoms

  5. The Anglo-Saxonswerewarrior-farmers • loved fighting and were very fierce. • tall, fair-haired men, armed with swords and spears and round shields.

  6. small villages • Anglo-Saxons houses were huts made of wood with roofs thatched with straw • The biggest house in an Anglo Saxon village was the Hall, the Chief's house. He lived there with his warriors.

  7. OLD ENGLISH • Union of the Anglo-Saxonslanguages • Theywereilliterate • runicalphabet

  8. OLD ENGLISH / GERMAN ORIGINS • The first Anglo Saxon Villages named after the Chieftain (Leader of the village). • These places often have the letters 'ing'of 'folk' somewhere in their name, often at the end. • The first part of the name was most likely to have been the name of the local chieftain. • The people who lived in the 'village' of Hastings were 'Haesta's people'. Haesta was the chieftain. • The people who lived in the 'village' of Reading were 'Redda's people'.Redda was the chieftain .

  9. OLD ENGLISH Influenced by Latin AD 600 Christianization - peoplebaptised - churchesbuilt

  10. THE VIKINGS AD 800 • The Vikings came from Scandinavia - Denmark - Norway - Sweden

  11. Sailors and raiders, the Vikings came across the North Sea • farmers, fishermen, trappers and traders. Viking craftsmen made beautiful objects out of wood, metal and bone; • Viking women were skilful weavers, produced fine, warm textiles.

  12. King Alfred, Saxon king of Wessex, fought them in a great battle, but he could not drive them right away and had to let them have part of the country, called Danelaw. • Place names ending in –by– by meant farm or homestead (village). These places mark the earliest Viking settlements. • Derby - A village where deer are found • eg. Derby, Rugby, Whitby, Selby, Grimsby

  13. Aglo- Saxon prose and poetry • Oraltradition • Scops and Bards • Historicalmemorycreated by repetition • Writtentradition • Christian Scribes • Foundations of literature

  14. Anglo SaxsonPoetry / 4 Manuscripts • BeowulfManuscript • JuniusManuscript • The Exeter Book • Vercelli Book • Categories - pagan - Christian • Language - Latin - Old English

  15. PAGAN POETRY EPIC ELEGY Theme loss - of a lord - of a friendship - of a belovedone First person narrative Melanchonic and elegiactone • Reminds of pre-Christian oraltraditionas for - metre - themes - - mith / heroes • - struggleagainstevil • -dignity of sacrifice

  16. FormalElements • KENNING • CAESURA • ALLITERATION • Cuttingedge /sword • Pause in a line of poetry • Repetition of consonantssounds

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