Origins of the English Language Flashcards
Terms from Assignment "People, Places, and things to Know About Early England" on Google Classroom
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Angles
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A member of Germanic people who alongside the Saxons and the Jutes invaded of Britain in 5th century c.e. The name of England and English comes from them. Saxon writers used them to denote their vernacular tongue.
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Saxons
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Members of a Germanic people who lived in modern Schelswig and along the Baltic coast in ancient times. Within 5th century c.e. they spread rapidly through nothing Germany, Britain and coastal Gaul
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Celts
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Romans
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Normans
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Danes
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Bede
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Alfred the Great
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Macbeth/ Duncan (Were they Real?)
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Oxford
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Thomas Becket
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The Exeter Book
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The Magna Carta
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Canterbury
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Edward, the Confessor
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King John
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Sir Gawain
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Commoners
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King Arthur
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Serfs
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Peasants
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War of the Roses
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Morte D’Athur
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Beowulf
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Christianity
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Vikings
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A.D / B.C
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Feudalism
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Black Death
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King Edward
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