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121-127 AD
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Hadrians Wall was constructed by the Romans in order to defend against Picts and Scots
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410 AD-1066 AD
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Anglo Saxon era
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449 AD
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Vortigern lets the Jutes come in
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he couldnt protect the country since all his other soldiers were away but the jutes decided to come and stay, inviting their families and taking over in the end
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410 ad
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visigoths sack rome
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650-700ad
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dream of the rood
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1066 ad
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norman conquest/ battle of hastings
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17th-18th
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century scholars make science terms using latin and greek
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6-7th century
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St.Augustines monasteries and scriptoria
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635 AD
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lindisfarne monastery
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597 AD
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St Augustine arrives in Kent
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698
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lindisfarne gospels written
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caedmons hymn
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658-680 AD
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793
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Lindisfarne sacked by Visigoths
-vikings invasion causes decline in literacy |
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anglo saxon chronicle
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compiled ca 890
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10th century
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high point of a.s literature
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597 AD
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year St. Augustine arrives in Kent
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A monastery on a tidal island in the far north of England famous for its manuscripts.
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Lindesfarne
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Destroyed by the vikings in 793AD
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Lindesfarne
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A priest & monk who became known as the Father of English History for his book The Ecclesiastical History of the English People
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The Venerable Bede
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The author of the Ecclesiastical History of the English People
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The Venerable Bede
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He wrote the first lengthy prose works in Old English. Also translated books from Latin into Old English and worked to revive schools and monasteries
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King Alfred 849-899
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The material used to make the pages for manuscripts
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parchment from stretched animal skin
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The term for the decoration of text with drawings, often incorporated into the letters themselves
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illumination
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What was the date of the Norman Conquest
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1066
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What language was most important in the shift from old english to middle english
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french
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during the period following the norman conquest, several areas of academics/scholarly study suffered from a loss of english vocabulary words. Name one of these fields
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Science
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old english is most similar in sound to what modern language
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german
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which of the following literary genres was NOT popular in old english? Hymns/travel writing/ riddles/sermons/love poetry/biography
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love poetry
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A key aspect of the anglo saxon/germanic mindset
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a sense of fate
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the most important single event in the anglo saxon period
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the coming of christianity
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brief annals of history that in later years became a narrative
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anglo saxon chronicle
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the first true english historian;wrote the important book The History of the English Church and People, in Latin
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The Venerable Bede
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The event that marked the end of the anglo saxon period
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the battle of hastings
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the year 1362
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english used for the first time in parliament
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they bulit the Stonehenge
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prehistoric people
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these people sacked rome
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Visigoths
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These people tried to invade Britain in 55 BC and succeeded in 43 AD
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Romans
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They constructed Hadrians wall
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Romans
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They conquered england in 1066
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Normans
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Left Britain in 410
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Romans
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410
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Romans left
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after being over ruled by Visigoths
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43-50AD
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Romans conquered England
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597
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St Augustine mission to Canterbury, sent by Pope Gregory
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793
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Vikings attack on Lindesfarne
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1066
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Norman invasion
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a more immaginative way of explaining something that there is already an english word
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Kenning
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who compiled the first law code
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King Aethelbert I
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language-prior to 750 BC
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unknown
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lang.-from c. 750-43BC
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celtic/various
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lang.-43BCro 1066AD
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latin and O.E.
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1066-1425AD
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French and Middle English
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lang. 1400s to 1500s
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Middle English
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lang. late 1500w-1600s
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Modern English
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lang. 1066
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French
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swiftly replaces English as the language of the politics, government and literature
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Modern English has _______roots deeply influenced by _____,______,and _____
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germanic. french latin greek
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Most old english literature comes from just __manuscripts
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Alliteration
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repetition of initail consnants
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symb. savage, wild, dangerous
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wolves
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symb. associated with battle
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raven
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symb. beautiful, associated with water
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swan
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