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The traits or virtues most admired during this period
Loyalty, bravery, friendship, generosity
The invaders of England during this period
Iberans, Celts, Romans, Angles and Saxons, Vikings and the Normans
Bayeaux Tapestry
Cloth, Few surviving pieces of art which depicted a battle
Britons
A group of warriors, they left their stamp in (Britain), eventually adopted by the land they settled
Animism
"spirit" in everything, trees, clouds, living, mother earth, etc. - Religion
Druids
Priests who served and acted as intermediaries between God s and the people
Stonehenge
Used by Druids for religious rites having to do with the solar and lunar cycles
Celts
Tall blond warriors, their mythology has influenced English and Irish writers to this day
Hadrian's Wall
Seventy three mile defensive barrier built by emperor Hadrian in about A.D. 122. to prevent sieges
Arthur
Heroic Celtic leader in legend "once and future king" of Britain and became embodiment of English values
Alfred the Great
King, unified the Anglo Saxons, fought to protect people from the Danes.
1066
Anglo Saxons and Danes fought until defeated by the Normans. Norman Conquest 1066 family homesteads.
community
Pattern of loyal dependency was basic to Anglo Saxon life, lived close to their animals in single
Sutton Hoo
1939, archaeologists discovered burial treasure for a king or noble warrior in Sutton Hoo Suffolk, England
abbesses
Usually from noble families, in charge of large double houses including monastery and nunnery.
Hild
The abbess of Abbey was one of the most famous abbesses. Turned Whitby into center of learning, accumulating a large library
Whitby Abbey
Center of learning
Odin
Important Norse God, Odin. The God of death, poetry, and magic
Swastika
Found on Anglo-Saxon gravestone. Possibly came from Thor, it was his sign.
Thor
The Norse god of thunder and lightning, his sign was a hammer and swastika
"Protector of the treasure"
Significant figure, the dragon. Protector of treasure. Personification of "'death the devourer" and guardian
Communal Hall
Offered shelter and place of meeting, provided space for storytellers and their audience
Monasteries
Monks lived and centers of learning Preserved Latin and Greek classics and great literature such as Beowulf
Latin
remained the language of "serious" study in England until time of King Alfred
Scriptorium
In a covered walkway opened to a court, writing room where monks spent hours copying manuscripts by hand
Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
Alfred instituted the Anglo Saxon Chronicles a lengthy running history of England that covered the earliest days and continued until 1554