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The Anglo-Saxon Period and the Middle Ages Introduction to the Literary Period

The Anglo-Saxon Period and the Middle Ages Introduction to the Literary Period. Feature Menu. Fast Facts Key Concept: The Anglo-Saxon Legacy Key Concept: The Normans Invade Britain Key Concept: Life in Medieval Society Your Turn. Key Concept: The Anglo-Saxon Legacy. History of the Times.

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The Anglo-Saxon Period and the Middle Ages Introduction to the Literary Period

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  1. The Anglo-Saxon Period and the Middle AgesIntroduction to the Literary Period Feature Menu Fast Facts Key Concept: The Anglo-Saxon Legacy Key Concept: The Normans Invade Britain Key Concept: Life in Medieval Society Your Turn

  2. Key Concept: The Anglo-Saxon Legacy History of the Times • After the legions of Rome conquered the Celts, Roman armies kept Britain free from invaders. • Troubles at home forced Rome to evacuate its soldiers in A.D. 409, opening Britain to invasion.

  3. Key Concept: The Anglo-Saxon Legacy History of the Times • Angle and Saxon clans impose warrior culture on the island for six centuries. • Until ninth century, Britain is subject to constant invasions and battles. • King Alfred unites Anglo-Saxons against the invading Danes. • The spread of Christianity helps unify the Anglo-Saxons.

  4. Key Concept: The Anglo-Saxon Legacy Literature of the Times • Anglo-Saxon literature is rooted in oral tradition. • Poetry, like fighting, hunting, and farming, had great significance. • Bards relied on sound devices and repeated phrases to remember their tales. • Old English epic poem Beowulf combines Germanic heroism and Anglo-Saxon fatalism.

  5. Key Concept: The Anglo-Saxon Legacy Literature of the Times • English emerges as a written language. • Christian monks copy ancient manuscripts, preserving classical and Anglo-Saxon texts. • Historical poems in Anglo-Saxon Chronicle detail events of early English history.

  6. BeowulfTranslations of Beowulf Beowulf was composed in Old English. The versions you will read were translated by Burton Raffel and Seamus Heaney. Their translations reflect these features of Anglo-Saxon poetry: • caesura • alliteration • kenning

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