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Title: EnglandTracing the Path of the People
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EnglandTracing the Path of the People
- Early History, Culture,
- and Language
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OBJECTIVES
- Review early historical and cultural eventsmany
are referenced on the Timeline in your text, page
2 - Relate these events to the development of the
English language - Provide greater understanding of English
literature as it reflects peoples lives
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People Their Contributions
- Celts--Britons in Wales England Gaels in
Ireland
- Druid religion, pagan gods (Woden, Thor) runic
alphabet, sacredness of writing, Stonehenge - King Arthur
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Runic Alphabet, Celtic Art and Stonework
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People Their Contributions
- Romans
- 56 BC invaded under Julius Caesar
- 300-year military occupation
- 407 AD withdrew to Rome
- Brought Christianity
- Latin language
- Roman alphabet
- Rule of law
- Road systems
- Hadrians Wall
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Hadrians Wall
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People Their Contributions
- Fierce, warrior people
- Took advantage of the good harbors, navigable
rivers, fertile lowlands of southern England - Their language became the foundation for
English--Old English or Anglo-Saxon
- 449 AD Angles and Saxons--from Germany
- Jutes--from Denmark, then called Jutland
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Anglo-Saxon Farms Livestock--recreated in
Northumbria at Bedes World
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The Anglo-Saxon Christian Church
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People Their Contributions
- Missionaries who could read and write came from
the Christian Churches on the European continent - 597 AD St. AugustineEstablished a monastery at
Canterbury and converted King Ethelbert of Kent
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- 731 AD The Venerable Bede--
- Wrote A History of the English Church and People
- (written in Latin)
- 975 AD Monks began to compile The Exeter Book
- --A written collection
- of Anglo-Saxon
- Poetry Riddles
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The Early Christian Church in England--
1. Provided shared values, hope and spiritual
strength 2. Unified the people 3.
Counseled rulers and promoted peace 4. Brought
Latin language and writing--recorded
history, laws, and literature
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People Their Contributions
- 792 AD Vikings and Danes
- Warlike invaders
- Challenged established citizens
- Brought new words to the English language and
pagan religious beliefs
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People Their Contributions
- Created the Danelaw
- Ruled by a code of laws
- Brought peace and unity
- Established public schools
- Encouraged the use of written English
- Sponsored The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (in English)
- 871 AD Anglo-Saxon King Alfred the Great
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People Their Contributions
- 1066 AD William the Conqueror and the Normans
- Defeated A-S King Harold at the Battle of
Hastings - Brought 10,000 French words into the English
language--Middle English - Established feudalism
- Sponsored The Domesday Book
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A British Tradition The Sacredness and
Importance of of Literature and Writing
- Beginning with the Druid priests
- Continuing with the Scop (the poet who recited
and sang poems from memory) - Reinforced by the Christian monks
- who preserved the Anglo-Saxon
- stories and poems
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