Wyrd
fate
years
750-1066
6 characteristics of Old English poetry
alliteration, caesura, kennings, stress line, oral, end
law code of ethelbert
first writing in england
a history of the english church and people
the earliest written description of britian
invasions
shaped britain's culture and history
celts
germanic, roman empire, 800 bc
gaels
scotch highlands, 800 bc, ireland
Brythons/Britons
325 bc, britian
clans
groups of people
chieftain
The leader of a group, especially a clan or tribe
Druids
priests of Celts
handrains wall
73 miles long to protect
Julius Caesar
last roman attempt to conquer britian
Religion
christianity vs paganism
honorius
called roman britons home to fight
Angles, Saxons, Jutes
3 Germanic tribes
witan
council of elders
wergild
price of a man
tiu
god of war and sky
Woden
chief of the gods
fria
goddess of home & wodens wife
mead hall
main structure of the Anglo-Saxon village
scops
singing poets
gleemen
assistants to scops
king ethelbert
first archbishop of canterburry
first archbishop of canterbury
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