Exam Flashcards
Who wrote Beowulf
Unknown
The scribe that wrote Beowulf also wrote _
Judith
Why is there only one translated text of Beowulf
The early manuscript burned in the cotton library fire
How is Beowulf historically accurate?
The characters, battles and traditions
What are medieval literary devices used in poetry
Alliteration
Caesura (line breaks, half lines)
Metrical form
Apposition
Compounding words
Kenning (poetic paraphrasing)
Where did Alfred the great rule
Wessex
What was the earliest writing in English
Law codes
What were the 4 main kingdoms of modern day England
Wessex
East Anglian
Mercia
North Umbria
What groups of people made up the Germanic pagans
Anglos
Saxtons
Jutes
Frisian
How did people travel during this time
Waterways
What years make up the “old English” period
500-1000
What year did the pope decide to convert the anglos to Christianity
597
What is the name of the dragon in Beowulf
GRENDEL
What is a lyric
Short poems that share thoughts and feelings about a single speaker in a personal and subjective way
When was the battle of Hastings
1066
Who was edward the confessor
Old English king
Why did the battle of Hastings start
Edward the confessor died with no heir and the battle was over who would be king next
What caused the development of knightlyhood
The battle of Hastings
What is the name of the event that had French take over English in being the second main language of England and have the settlers of Normandy become Anglo-Norman’s
The Norman conquest
In what year was English no longer taught
1250
What is muwashsah
A version of poetry that was often written in Arabic or Hebrew that mixes mediums of Iberian dance music
Which parts of muwashah were widely rejected
The multilingual parts of the poems
Where was ancient philosopher ibn Rushd from
Cordova
How many commentaries did ibn rushd write
38
