Anglo-Saxon Flashcards by Chris Rotelli | Brainscape

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Anglo-Saxon Period:

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449 BC - 1066 AD

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Before the Anglo-Saxons

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Brittons

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Weapons

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Bronze and Iron

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Life

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Unstable and Violent

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Transferred information…

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Orally

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Fate

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Called wyrd

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Immortality

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Achieved through remembrances for heroic deeds

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Romans Invade

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55 BC

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Romans Leave

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407 AD

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Saxons lived in…

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Southern and Western England

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Angles lived in…

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Eastern and Northern England

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Religion

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Christianity took hold

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Poetry

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Not originally written down but was memorized

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Characteristics of Anglo-Saxon Poetry:

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Heroic
No romance
Trying to sound formal
Common theme of loosing people

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