anglo-saxon background 449-1066
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Anglo-Saxon Background 449-1066. a.k.a The Old English Period The Heroic Age. Ancient Tribes in England…. Celts (800-600 B.C.) - Brythons (Britons) -Gaels (Ireland) Romans (55 B.C.) Anglo-Saxons (from Germany approx. 400 A.D.) Norse and Danes (Vikings 9 th Century). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Anglo-Saxon Background449-1066
a.k.a The Old English PeriodThe Heroic Age
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Ancient Tribes in England…Celts (800-600 B.C.)
-Brythons (Britons)-Gaels (Ireland)
Romans (55 B.C.)
Anglo-Saxons (from Germany approx. 400 A.D.)
Norse and Danes (Vikings 9th Century)
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Anglo-Saxon Migration…
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Anglo-SaxonsWar-like peopleDeep-sea fishermen and farmersEnjoyed the pleasures of eating and drinking (feasts)Regarded women as mysterious, magical beings to be worshippedFierce love of individual freedomSimple languageHonor in burials
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Anglo-Saxon Warrior Culture
Warrior culture Heroic Code: warrior/lord relationshipEngravings on helmets, swords, and shieldsImportance of reputation/identityHonor (funerals/celebrations)
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Silver Inlayed
Iron Pommel and Grip
Typical Anglo-Saxon Sword
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Anglo-Saxon Warrior Sheilds…
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Paganism/ChristianityAround A.D. 400
Christian monks settle in BritainChristianity & Anglo-Saxon culture co-exist
By A.D. 699British pagan religions are replaced by Christianity
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The Scop (long “o”)
Court singerHistorianGenealogistTeacherComposerCriticWarriorReporter
“The Anglo-Saxon scop was a professional or
semi-professional tribal poet who
celebrated cultural values by singing epics on occasions of great ceremony and festivity…. He
was a man of repute, the equal of thanes.”
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Exeter Book
Major collection of Old English Poetry—no illustrations.Author unknownDepicts Anglo-Saxon culture“The Seafarer,” “The Wanderer,” “The Wife’s Lament”Written between 950-990 A.D.Housed at Exeter Library in Exeter, England.
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When English books were rare all the "literature" in a particular part of the country might be all put together in one book. The great book we know as the "Exeter Book" was given to the library of Exeter Cathedral by the first bishop of Exeter, Leofric, who died in 1072.
The Exeter book contains many riddles referring to things like a
‘thief-guest who was no wiser for having swallowed words’ (a
bookworm)
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Anglo-Saxon LiteratureBegan as oral tradition (scop)Verse
Heroic: Recounting the achievements of warriorsElegiac: Lamenting the death of loved ones and lost of the past.An elegy is a mournful, melancholic or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
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Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon Poetry…
The lines do not rhymeReflect the contrast between Christianity and paganismEach line contains two halves, separated by a CaesuraThe use of kenningsThe use of alliterationInstruct a moral lesson
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Types of Anglo-Saxon PoetryExeter Book
“Beowulf”
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
Anglo-Saxon riddles (Exeter Book)
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Anglo-Saxon PoetryLyrical in Form:
Expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker.
Two types: Heroic: Detailing the deeds of a hero.
Elegy: Mourning the loss of someone or something.
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Anglo-Saxon Poetic Devices…Kenning: two-word metaphorical name for something
“whale’s home”=sea“bird’s nest”=messy hair
Caesura: sound break in the middle of a line of poetry, indicating a pause for breath in the reading
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Anglo-Saxon words…Wergild (eye for an eye; death price)Wyrd (fate)Word-hoard (well-reasoned boast; eloquence)Comitatus (code of honor in battle; brotherhood)