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30 Cards in this Set
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Druids
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priests that settled disputes among chieftains, presided over religious rituals, and reserved the people's myths about the past by reciting long, heroic poems
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Anglo Saxon arrival
(time period) (who) |
Warriors from Denmark (s. angles, n. jutes), and Germany (saxons)
5th century |
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witan
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council of elders that elect the "king" og each clan
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earls
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hereditary class of warlorfs who owed position to king
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freemen
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allowed to own land and engage in commerce: thanes (barons)
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churls/serfs
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worked land in order for military protection
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thralls
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military prisoners or people being punished
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Comitatus
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system of reprocity establishing loyalty between a lord and his thane
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Anglo Saxon belief
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-pagan belief
-human life in hands of fate or Wyrd -early anglo saxons worshipped Germanic gods |
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heroic poetry
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poetry recounting deeds of warriors
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elegiac poetry
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lamenting the deaths of loved ones and the loss of the past
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Christianity in Britain
(when introduced) (who introduced it) (what effects had on Anglo Saxons) (by when most of people were Christian) |
-introduced in the 4th century by the ______Romans
-softened ferocity of warrior people -improved conductof the faithful -denounced revenge by calling upon ______higher law -treated wives, children, and slaves ______better |
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Christianity and Learning
-who wrote manuscripts -who is the "father of english history" -first enlgish poet -has four surviving poems |
THE CHURCH BROUGHT EDUCATION AND WRITTEN LIT
-monks copied and illuminated manuscripts -Vernerable Bede is the "father", a northumbrian monk wrote "a history of the english church and people" -Caedmon (7th century) -Cynwolf (9th century) |
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Danelaw
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middle of 9th century
-N, E, C england fallen to invaders called this territory "Danelaw" |
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Alfred the Great
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-got Wessex throne in 871
-resisted Danish encroachment -encourgaed rebirth of education -translated Bede's "history" and more to latin to make them more accesible to the people -fostered growth of english and literature |
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886
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truce concluded
-england formally divided 1. saxons acknoloedge danish rule in the E and N 2. Danes agree to respect Sason rule in S |
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892-1150
-records kept here b/w these dates |
"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle"
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Canute
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overthrew Wessex dynasty, establishing Danish rule
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Edward the Confessor
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1042, line of succesion returned to the descendant of Alfred the great: Edward the C.
-so named b/c was depply religious Christian |
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Sulton Hoo
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buried Viking ship filled with treasure
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elegiac poetry
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lamenting the deaths of loved ones and the loss of the past
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Christianity in Britain
(when introduced) (who introduced it) (what effects had on Anglo Saxons) (by when most of people were Christian) |
-introduced in the 4th century by the ______Romans
-softened ferocity of warrior people -improved conductof the faithful -denounced revenge by calling upon ______higher law -treated wives, children, and slaves ______better |
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Christianity and Learning
-who wrote manuscripts -who is the "father of english history" -first enlgish poet -has four surviving poems |
THE CHURCH BROUGHT EDUCATION AND WRITTEN LIT
-monks copied and illuminated manuscripts -Vernerable Bede is the "father", a northumbrian monk wrote "a history of the english church and people" -Caedmon (7th century) -Cynwolf (9th century) |
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Danelaw
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middle of 9th century
-N, E, C england fallen to invaders called this territory "Danelaw" |
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Alfred the Great
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-got Wessex throne in 871
-resisted Danish encroachment -encourgaed rebirth of education -translated Bede's "history" and more to latin to make them more accesible to the people -fostered growth of english and literature |
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886
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truce concluded
-england formally divided 1. saxons acknoloedge danish rule in the E and N 2. Danes agree to respect Sason rule in S |
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892-1150
-records kept here b/w these dates |
"Anglo-Saxon Chronicle"
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Canute
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overthrew Wessex dynasty, establishing Danish rule
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Edward the Confessor
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1042, line of succesion returned to the descendant of Alfred the great: Edward the C.
-so named b/c was depply religious Christian |
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Sulton Hoo
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buried Viking ship filled with treasure
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