Anglo-Saxon Era Flashcards
Animism
Belief that inanimate objects have a spiritual essence
Original inhabitants of England?
Celts
When did Rome invade England
55 BC
When did Rome leave England
410 AD
What did the Romans leave behind in England
Stone highways, tiled floors, public baths, central heating, glass windows
What groups were part of the Germanic Invasions
Angles, Saxons, Jutes
Where were Angles, Saxons, and Jutes from
Scandinavia and Germany
Where did the Celts go after Germanic invasions
Moved westward to Wales and Ireland
Anglo-Saxon Characteristics
Fierce warriors, democratic mind, organized society, pagan, loyal, brave, admired bravery and boasting
Where can we see Anglo-Saxon influence
Days of the Week
Anglo-Saxon afterlife beliefs
Pagan; people were cremated or buried with belongings
Weregild
a man’s price
Comitatus
sharing of wealth and power between king and subjects
What were villages built around
a mead hall (bar)
What did Anglo-Saxons do for leisure
Drank in mead halls, scops and gleemen told stories and sang songs
Venerable Bede
Father of English History - wrote “Ecclesiastical History”
King Alfred the Great
“Father of English Prose” - founded the first public school and led anglo-saxons at the battle of edington
St Augustine
converted Anglo-Saxons to Christianity
King William the Conqueror
defeated last Saxon King at the Battle of Hastings, which began the Medieval Era
Domesday Book
Commissioned by William, divided counties to shires, described landholdings and property ownership, beginning of taxation
