Medieval Period

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stonehenge

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completed by 2000 bc
the purpose is unknown; religious? time?

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druids

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celtic people known as Britons who built stonehenge

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tribes

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picts and celts

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roman occupation

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400 year influence
the reason for english having latin in it

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julius caesar

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commentaries discuss the tribes of Briton

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hadrian

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Emperor of roman territories
built wall around the entire territory
marked the northern limit of Roman occupation

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walled cities

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york/chester/london
walls kept the cities protected from invading Vikings

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importance of the city of Bath

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roman baths
bath shows roman influence on area

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king arthur

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6th century
kings=small rulers of local areas (not whole countries)

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saint patrick

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"drove all the snakes from ireland"
slave brought from ireland who ran away back to ireland as christian missionary
1. made ireland the center of christianity
2. book of kells was written and remains at trinity college today

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king edwin

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7th century edinburgh
written about in Bede's ecclestial history
Caedon=first english poem/poet

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alread

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king that defeated the danes
made education available to the masses

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egbert

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9th century
1st king of all england
ovethrown

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edward the confessor

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restored to throne in 1042
founded west minister abbey

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harold

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ruler in normady, france

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william of normady

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also connected to bringing french to the area
relative (brother?) of harold
came to take over the danes
he took the crown from harold and they held the battle of hastings to determine rightful king=William
becomes William the conqueror

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Lady Godiva

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wife of prince Leofric
she road naked in village in order to make her husband lower the people's taxes
while riding "tom" peeps

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1st english poet

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Caedom

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beowulf

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source- stories of vikings and danes of england (alfred)
type-epic poem
story told as long poem about a hero with super human strength

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conversion of king edward author

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saint bede
introduced the dating system

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paulinus

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a missionary sent by pope

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ceremony

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use of the sign of the laying of the hands= transfer of god's spirit through human hands into another

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how was king edwin converted? what did he recieve for converting?

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because his wife was christian; he recieved more earthly rewards=land

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importance of story of caedom

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because he was the first english poet

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profession of caedom

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shepherd/lay person

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allusion

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cattle shed=stable=jesus' birth

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what is caedom told to do?

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become a monk and turn scripture into song and become literate

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where is wife's lament found?

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in exeter book: collections written in old english

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what is beowulf's theme

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about fate controlling destiny of a person

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where is the woman's lover

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on a ship away from the tribe

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who plots against the woman and where does she live?

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the man's kinsmen; she lives in an oak tree hovel

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wyrd

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fate

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how one becomes immortal

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anglo-saxons don't believe in heaven or hell. must do great things to become immortal

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how beowulf and etc. escapes grendel

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run away

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kennings

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adjective phrases

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esher

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hrotgar's bff

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hrothgar

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king of the danes

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welthow

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hrothgar's wife/queen of danes

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edgetho

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beowulf's father

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hrunting

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the sword that beowulf borrowed to fight grendel

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wiglaf

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one knight who stays to help beowulf in his fight against dragon

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nagling

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beowulf's trusty sword that breaks in his fight against the dragon

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where does grendel put his victims?

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in a pouch

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second creation story

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the story of the race of giants in the book of genesis

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why mama goes to herot

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to avenge her son she terrorizes in the court killing and eating the men again

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why is the dragon angry

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the dragon is angry because a runaway slave stole the golden cup from his treasure to take to his master. beowulf kills him and splits him in half w/ dagger