The Saxons
Who were the Saxons?
The Saxons were a tribe which lived in England between the 6th - 11th centuries.
The Romans invaded Britain in AD 43 and ruled the country until AD 410. However, not all the country was dominated by the Romans. The Picts, Scots and the Jutes were some of the Germanic and Scandinavian tribes which were outside the Roman Empire.
Who were the Saxons?
The Saxons were a tribe which lived in England between the 6th - 11th centuries.
The Romans invaded Britain in AD 43 and ruled the country until AD 410. However, not all the country was dominated by the Romans. The Picts, Scots and the Jutes were some of the Germanic and Scandinavian tribes which were outside the Roman Empire.
The last Roman soldiers left Britain in AD 410, and then new people came in ships across the North Sea. Historians called them Anglo-Saxons and they were the dominant people of Britain from 550 to 1066. The new settlers were a mixture of people from north Germany, Denmark and northern Holland who migrated to the island of Britain around the 5th century. There were actually three main peoples: the Saxons, the Angles, and the Jutes. After these people moved to Britain they became known as the Anglo-Saxons. Eventually the name "Angles" became the "English" and their land became known as England. So the Anglo-Saxons were the first inhabitants to give its current name to England.
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You will find more information about the Anglo Saxon period in here , here and here.
1. Which were the main Anglo Saxon tribes and which actual countries do they correspond to?
2. How long did the Anglo Saxons' rule last in Britain?
3. Which were the main kingdoms and did each rose to power?
4. Who ruled the Dane invasion and when did it happen?
5. What religion did the Anglo Saxons follow?
6. Where do the names of the days of the week originate from?
7. What were the Anglo Saxons houses and villages like?
8. Who was Alfred the Great? Why did he receive such a name? What deeds did he do?
9. What legacy did the Saxons leave in Britain?
10. Where does the Word "sheriff" come from?
11. Who was Venerable Bede?
The Oral Tradition in Literature
Story-telling
Anglo-Saxons liked to gather in the lord's great hall to eat and drink and to listen to songs and stories. They loved tales about brave warriors and their adventures and theirs is the first record of oral tradition in English literature that we have. The most famous Anglo Saxon epic poem is called Beowulf. The story of Beowulf was first written down in the 8th-9th centuries, but long before that, the story was told orally around the fire by storytellers. Beowulf is the most famous epic poem in English language and it is full of literary expressions such as kennings, litotes and alliterations.
Anglo-Saxons liked to gather in the lord's great hall to eat and drink and to listen to songs and stories. They loved tales about brave warriors and their adventures and theirs is the first record of oral tradition in English literature that we have. The most famous Anglo Saxon epic poem is called Beowulf. The story of Beowulf was first written down in the 8th-9th centuries, but long before that, the story was told orally around the fire by storytellers. Beowulf is the most famous epic poem in English language and it is full of literary expressions such as kennings, litotes and alliterations.
https://sites.google.com/site/yohanenglishiv/unit-1/literature-unit-1-anglo-saxon
12. What is Beowulf? What is it about? When did it first appear? Who composed it?
13. Which literary subgenre does Beowulf belong to? Provide a definition.
14. What are the main features of epic poems?
15. What is a riddle? Provide an example.
16. What are the "runes"?
17. What is an epic poem? What are the main features of epic poems? Provide two expamples of epic poems.
18. What is an alliteration? Define it and provide an example.
19. What is a kenning? Define it and provide an example.
20. What is a litote? Define it and provide an example.
If you want to find the answers to all these questions, click here and here.
Now, you can listen to an abridged version of Beowulf:
Remember!
An epic poem is a long narrative poem, composed in an elevated style dealing with the trials and achievements of a great hero or héroe. The epic celebrates virtues of national, military, religious, cultural, political or historical significance. Epics typically emphasize heroic action as well as the struggle between the hero's own ethos and his human failings or mortality.
The main features of epic poems are:
1 It is a long narrative poem on a serious subject, told in a formal and elevated style.
2. It opens in medias res (in the middle of things). The poem starts with the theme or subject of the story.
3. The hero is outstanding. He might be important and historically or legendarily significant.
4. The setting is large. it covers many nations or the known world.
5. The action is made of deds of great or supernatural courage.
6. Gods and other supernatural beings take an interest and an active role in human affairs.
An epic poem is a long narrative poem, composed in an elevated style dealing with the trials and achievements of a great hero or héroe. The epic celebrates virtues of national, military, religious, cultural, political or historical significance. Epics typically emphasize heroic action as well as the struggle between the hero's own ethos and his human failings or mortality.
The main features of epic poems are:
1 It is a long narrative poem on a serious subject, told in a formal and elevated style.
2. It opens in medias res (in the middle of things). The poem starts with the theme or subject of the story.
3. The hero is outstanding. He might be important and historically or legendarily significant.
4. The setting is large. it covers many nations or the known world.
5. The action is made of deds of great or supernatural courage.
6. Gods and other supernatural beings take an interest and an active role in human affairs.
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