Saxons

devoted to specific materials such as ivory and amber, and suites of gems classified by color. These rooms are baroque works of art in themselves, mirrored and painted malachite green with gold trimmings. It was something I wasn't expecting.... and the Saxon Royalty obviously loved displaying their wealth. Another thing that caught my eye was this tiny object called the cherry stone described as being carved with “185 faces”, a masterpiece of micro carving, visitors were queueing to see it.…

written from that time and age. These epic poems and stories are windows into one’s culture. Although all cultures are different in their own ways, there are always similarities to be found. Beowulf, an epic poem anonymously written originally in Anglo-Saxon, and The Odyssey, an epic poem of the Greeks written by Homer. These two epic poem heroes have the same perspective toward situations when it comes to leadership and battling; instead of the…

Against the stagnation of Anglo-Saxon dominance a cosmopolitan identity would mean that Americans would be the first citizens of the world. Through cooperation and symbiosis people of different origins would be unified without being melted down. Therefore Borne more than Kallen understood…

English Long Test 2 Juliana Claire D. Salayo 9-Argon Life in the Middle Ages and Life in the Elizabethan Era: A Comparison 1. Social Conduct/Values -The people of the Middle Ages greatly value their religion: Roman Catholic. They are hardcore believers of the Church doctrine that any Christian denying a single sentence written on the Law is a heretic and should be severely punished through excommunication, public…

associated with healing, death, royalty, the gallows, knowledge, battle, sorcery, poetry, frenzy, and the runic alphabet, and is the husband of the goddess Frigg. In wider Germanic mythology and paganism, Odin was known in Old English as Wōden, in Old Saxon as Wōden, and in Old High German as Wuotan or Wodan, all stemming from the reconstructed Proto-Germanic theonym *wōđanaz. Odin is a prominently mentioned god throughout the recorded history of the Germanic peoples, from the Roman occupation…

Ericksen uses other works such as the book of Ecclesiasticus that also use this list in the open of the poem. Ericksen shows multiple works that open with the same list as well as focuses of the ultimate wisdom of God to show that works during the Anglo-Saxon period focused on God and his wisdom over all. For example, in many of the works the list is shown as “ the sand of the sea, the drops of rain, the days of the world, the height of heaven, the number of stars, the vastness of the earth, and…

is the very first long range weapon ever thought of? Also the first victory for the longbow was during 1298 against the Scots. The longbow also played a very important role in making an ancient tapestry called The Bayeux Tapestry which depicts the Saxon soldiers under heavy assault from Norman arrows, and King Harold is famously pictured with an arrow through his eye. Another famous piece in history is the Battle of Sluys in 1340, where English archers poured a devastating longbow attack on…

Can love hold the same concept in all time periods? Does love hold power over people or do people hold power over love? The hunt for love is a recurring theme in early British literature, specifically the Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and seventeenth century time periods. Four poems show a unique perspective on love, depending on when they were written. Early periods show men having control over love, or marriage, while the women patiently awaits the man’s decision. Later periods show women having…

nuns affiliated with the Church taught reading and writing and ran hospitals for the needy. Pope Gregory I used Benedictine monks as diplomats/missionaries. He sent them to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons. The Byzantine Empire had a very strong military. He used his military and his best commander Belisarius to reconquer Northern Africa circa 533 CE. Most of Belisarius’ success was because of his superior tactics in battle. The Byzantines used the kantos, an overhand thrusting spear, before…

finding gold. Capitalism in the US lead to the desire to open up Asia to free trade and new markets, because of this Western influence from the US lead Asians to desire to migrate to America for a better opportunity for a better life; however, the Anglo-Saxons did not appreciate the influx of…