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Anglo Saxon Period

Anglo Saxon Period. Elements of Literature. Great Britain. Stonehenge Robin Hood Shakespeare Theory of Gravity Industrial Revolution. Radar Penicillin Beatles Magna Carta (1215). The Beginning. Iberians Celts (Kelts) Romans Angles and Saxons Vikings Normans.

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Anglo Saxon Period

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  1. Anglo Saxon Period Elements of Literature

  2. Great Britain • Stonehenge • Robin Hood • Shakespeare • Theory of Gravity • Industrial Revolution

  3. Radar • Penicillin • Beatles • Magna Carta (1215)

  4. The Beginning • Iberians • Celts (Kelts) • Romans • Angles and Saxons • Vikings • Normans

  5. The Celtic Heroes and Heroines • Brythons (Britons)Religion—Animism • Druids • Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain • Lunar and Solar Cycles

  6. Celtic Legends • Arthur—Warrior • Thomas Malory-Le Morte Darthur • Men and Women • Queen Maeve of Connacht

  7. Queen Boadicea, Briton Tribe • Romans plundered her dead husband’s property • Flogged Boadicea • Described as tall, fierce • “mass of long reddish hair all the way to her hips” • Terrifying appearance

  8. The Romans • Julius Caesar (55 B.C.) • Conquered by Claudius • Armies and Organization • Hadrian’s Wall (73 miles) • Roads • Structures

  9. Northern Invaders • Anglo-Saxons • Jutes • “Engla Land”Retreat to Wales • King Alfred of Wessex • Vikings from Denmark

  10. Women in Anglo-Saxon Culture • Inherited and held property • “Morning-gift” • Christianity • Abbesses (Hild) • Whitby Abbey

  11. Sutton Hoo Ship Burial

  12. Religion: Gods for Warriors • Odin (Woden) • Communicated with spirits • Burial Rites • Thunor (Thor) • Thunder and Lightning • Hammer • Twisted Cross (Swastika)

  13. The Dragon • Protector of a treasure • “Death the devourer” • Guardian of the grave mound • Concerned with: bravery, loyalty, generosity and friendship

  14. The Scop • Storyteller • Harp • Heroic tales • War, disease, old age • Fame after life

  15. Ireland • Converted to Christianity—432 • Patrick (Patricius) • Monasteries • Book of Kells • Latin and Greek • Beowulf

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