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The Origins and Development of the English Language Chapter 5: The Old English Period

The Origins and Development of the English Language Chapter 5: The Old English Period. John Algeo and Thomas Pyles Michael Cheng National Chengchi University. Human habitation of Britain. Pleistocene 70,000-10,000 One third of the land covered in ice.

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The Origins and Development of the English Language Chapter 5: The Old English Period

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  1. The Origins and Development of the English Language Chapter 5: The Old English Period John Algeo and Thomas Pyles Michael Cheng National Chengchi University

  2. Human habitation of Britain

  3. Pleistocene • 70,000-10,000 • One third of the land covered in ice

  4. http://geography.howstuffworks.com/terms-and-associations/ice-age.htm/printablehttp://geography.howstuffworks.com/terms-and-associations/ice-age.htm/printable

  5. 18,000 years ago

  6. 12,000 years ago

  7. Land bridge from UK to Europe

  8. Recolonization 10,000 years ago

  9. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/ahob/Picture_Library/repopulation/index.htmlhttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/ahob/Picture_Library/repopulation/index.html

  10. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/ahob/Picture_Library/repopulation/Full_Size/Goughsskull.JPGhttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosted_sites/ahob/Picture_Library/repopulation/Full_Size/Goughsskull.JPG

  11. Roman Conquests • 55 BCE Julius Caesar has conquered Gaul and now plans to invade Britain • Celts populate Britain • Possibly wanted to keep the British Celts from aiding the Celts in Gaul • No success

  12. Roman Conquests • 54 BCE Julius Caesar tries again • Storms, loses cavalry • No success • Too late in the year • Caesar returns to Gaul

  13. Roman Conquests • 53 BCE • Better preparation • Establishes landing in southeast • Successful campaigns • Exacts tribute (not paid) • Returns to Gaul

  14. Roman Conquests • 43 CE • Emperor Claudius invades Britain • Army of 40,000 prepared and sent to Britain • 3 year campaign leads to control of central and southeastern Britainb

  15. http://cominganarchy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/rombrit.gifhttp://cominganarchy.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/rombrit.gif

  16. Roman Conquests • Rome controls the southern part of Britain for over 300 years • Roman culture brought to Britain

  17. Roman bathshttp://www.travelsinireland.com/england/roman.htmhttp://www.workmall.com/wfb2001/united_kingdom/roman_statue_bath_england_photo.jpg

  18. http://image18.webshots.com/18/4/89/70/362148970KFjXuQ_fs.jpghttp://concierge.typepad.com/cntraveler__perrinpost/images/roman_baths_in_bath_england.jpghttp://image18.webshots.com/18/4/89/70/362148970KFjXuQ_fs.jpghttp://concierge.typepad.com/cntraveler__perrinpost/images/roman_baths_in_bath_england.jpg

  19. http://www.old-picture.com/europe/Circular-Abbey-Roman-Baths.htmhttp://www.old-picture.com/europe/Circular-Abbey-Roman-Baths.htm

  20. http://www.itraveluk.co.uk/photos/data/654/medium/medusa-roman-mosaic.jpghttp://www.itraveluk.co.uk/photos/data/654/medium/medusa-roman-mosaic.jpg

  21. http://www.itraveluk.co.uk/photos/data/654/medium/roman-floor-mosaic.jpghttp://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users12/angrylambie/default/detail-roman-bathhouse-floor-mosaic--large-msg-115980502527.jpghttp://www.itraveluk.co.uk/photos/data/654/medium/roman-floor-mosaic.jpghttp://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users12/angrylambie/default/detail-roman-bathhouse-floor-mosaic--large-msg-115980502527.jpg

  22. Roman Amphitheatrehttp://press.rogueshakespeare.com/Roman%20Amphitheatre%20pan%202001.jpg

  23. http://www.paracletesystems.co.uk/inj/inj050roman.htm • Fosse Way • Roman road • Bristol to Lincoln • 40-50 CE

  24. Fort by Hadrian’s Wallhttp://hawketravelpics.blogspot.com/2007/10/england2.html

  25. http://hawketravelpics.blogspot.com/2007/10/england2.html • The wall took 8 years to build, and was built by soldiers from the occupying Roman legions under orders from Emperor Hadrian. It's 73.5 miles long (80 Roman miles) and when it was built, it was 16-20 feet high and 10 feet wide. There was a milecastle every Roman mile, and two guard towers in between each milecastle.

  26. 410 CE – Alaric I King of the Visigoths sacks Rome

  27. Rome pulls its legions out of Britain to protect Rome • Picts and Scots raid Britain • Vortigern appeals to Germanic tribes on the continent for help • 449 the brothers Hengest and Horsa of the Jute tribe come to his aid and drive off the raiders

  28. Britons seen as weak • Other tribes invited over by the Jutes • Angli • Saxons • Frisians • Germanic tribes drive off the Celtic Britons and take over their land

  29. Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy • Northumbria • Mercia • East Anglia • Essex • Wessex • Sussex • Kent

  30. England is prosperous • Sutton Hoo

  31. Viking Attacks • 787 first Viking attack at Dorsetshire • 793 Lindisfarne sacked • 865 Viking army lands at East Anglia and takes over northern England • Army moves on Wessex and chases away King Alfred

  32. Longship

  33. 871 Alfred defeats Vikings at Ashdown • 878 Alfred defeats Vikings at Edington • Treaty of Wedmore • Guthrun accepts Christianity • Vikings retreat to northern England • The Danelaw is established

  34. Danelawhttp://people.eku.edu/bennetth/720/old_english/danelaw.gifhttp://www.chobham.info/images/com534a.jpgDanelawhttp://people.eku.edu/bennetth/720/old_english/danelaw.gifhttp://www.chobham.info/images/com534a.jpg

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