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AngloSaxon & Medieval Flashcards

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What is feudalism?

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A dominant social system, seen like a pyramid with the king at the top.

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What is a fief?

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Property or rights given to a vassal by an overlord in exchange for allegiance and service.

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What is a vassal?

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Person obligated to a lord or monarch in exchange for privileges.

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What is an elegy?

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Poem of serious reflection, typically a lament for the dead.

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Who initially occupied England?

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The Celts

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Where did Britain get its name?

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A tribe called the Britons

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What religion were the Celts and what were their priests called?

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Celts were pagans and their priests were druids.

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What were the 3 early England invasions?

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Romans: 55 BC-410 AD
Anglosaxons & Vikings: 410-1066 AD
Normans: 1066

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What is Hadrian’s wall?

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A defensive fortification in Roman province of Britain, built in 122 AD.

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What was the Roman military called?

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Legions

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What was the Roman official language?

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Latin

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What religion were the Romans?

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Christianity

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Where did the Anglosaxons invade in 410?

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Baltic shores of Germany

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What did the Anglosaxons become after invading England?

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Anglosaxon heptarchy

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What is the Anglosaxons heptarchy?

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Kent, Essex, Sussex, East Anglia, Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex.

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When did the viking raids begin?

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787

17
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What was the Old English language born from?

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Viking raids

18
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What were two important effects of the battle of Hastings?

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Fetch became the official language of politics and power, England began unifying under feudalism.

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What is the order of the feudalism pyramid?

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King, nobleman and freemen, serfs

20
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What is a lyric?

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A short poem expressing emotion or life principle.

21
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What is a caesuras?

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Pause within a line of poetry.

22
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What is a kenning?

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A two word poetic renaming of people, places and things.

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