Chapter 14 Flashcards
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Denmark
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Chester
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London
Find Denmark.
Find Chester.
Find London.
Saxon king in western England; conquered Danes and established border between Danish and Saxon rule in England
Alfred the Great
West Saxon king; killed in battle with the Danes
Ethelred
succeeded by Alfred
Ethelred
“You, King Alfred, were teh wondering minstrel?”
Guthrum
“I will give you your liberty if you will become a Christian and never again make war on my people.”
Alfred
sheep skin treated to use as a writing medium
parchment
itinerant poet-singer of the Middle Ages
minstrel
Date of Alfred the Great’s first English naval victory
875
How did Alfred become king?
Alfred became king after his older brother Ethelred was killed fighting the Danes.
Why did he build a navy?
As more and more Danes were coming over from Denmark, Alfred built a navy to be able to fight them in their own element and defeat them or disrupt them before they could land.
875 AD
Alfred the Great: first English naval victory
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Norway
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Paris
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Rouen
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Seine River
Find Norway.
Find Paris
Find Rouen
Find the Seine River.
raided Britain and northern Europe for over two centuries
Norsemen
Icelander; established short-lived colony in Labrador
Leif the Lucky (Leif Eriksson)
led raiding parties up the Seine
Rollo
established what became the duchy of Normandy
Rollo
king of France; made peace with Rollo and granted him and his people the Normandy territory
Charles the Simple
“Let us make ourselves homes here, and I and my Vikings will become your vassals.”
Rollo
“Never will I bend my knee before any man and no man’s foot will I kiss.”
Rollo
demonstration of allegiance to a feudal lord
homage
agricultural peasant; member of the lowest feudal class
serf
subject of a feudal lord
vassal
What territory in France did Rollo acquire, and what was required of him in return?
Rollo’s grant was the territory now called Normandy. Rollo was obliged to hold and show allegience to the king, and to provide troops for the king’s army in times of war.
first king to rule England as a united kingdom
Egbert the Saxon
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Britain
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Wales
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Ireland
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Wessex
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the North Sea
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(English) Channel
Find Britain.
Find Wales.
Find Ireland.
Find Wessex.
Find the North Sea
Find the (English) Channel.
chiefs of the Jutes; early Germanic settlers in England
Hengist and Horsa
legendary and partly mythical Briton king
King Arthur
resisted Anglo-Saxon invasions
King Arthur
missionary who spread Christianity in Ireland at the time of the Anglo-Saxon invasions
St. Patrick
“Oh, they would be angels instead of Angels if they were only Christians, for they certainly have the faces of angels.”
the monk Gregory
solving dispute; making peace of friendship
conciliation
How did Egbert end up at the court of Charlemagne?
Egbert claimed the kingship of Wessex, but the people supported another man. Egbert fled to Charlemagne.
How did this experience influence him and affect English history?
Egbert was impressed by and learned from the many innovations of Charlemagne. He returned to England and established there, the sytem of Charlemagne. He persuaded or forced the petty kings to recognize his rule as the first king of a unified England.
