Quiz 1 Review Flashcards
What time period was Beowulf in?
750 - 800 AD
When and what was the Anglo-Saxon Period?
449-1066 AD
Beginning of English language.
Describe the Iberians.
They went from Spain to Portugal
Settled British Isles
First Invaders
What time period were the Celts in?
800-600 BC
What were the two groups of celts and where did they settle?
Both were hunters/farmers.
Brythons/Britons that settled Britain.
Gaels that settled Ireland
Both spoke Celtic languages.
Name the three Druid classes?
Priests
Judges
Storytellers
Define Judges.
Settled disputes between clans.
Define storytellers.
Memorized and recited epic heroic poems.
Ex. Old King Cole
King Lear
Who was the real conqueror that was Roman.
Julius Caesar was the fake.
Emperor Claudius
Describe Roman Culture.
They had written word for Christianity.
Paved roads to their islands.
When did the last Roman legion leave Britain.
407 AD
Define Earls.
Hereditary ruling warlords loyal to king.
Define Freemen.
Landowners and traders.
What class was included in freemen that were barons via military service?
Thanes
Define Churls.
Banded servants who worked the land.
Define Thralls.
Slaves.
Define Wyrd.
Fate, no free will.
Name the three main Germanic gods.
Tiu- god of sky and war. Tuesday
Woden- Chief god. Wednesday
Fria- goddess of home and family. Friday
Which three nations took down the Romans in 449 AD?
Angles
Saxons
Jutes
Where does Beowulf take place?
Denmark
Who was the king chosen by in “Angle-Land”?
Witan- the council of elders.
Where did the original Britains retreat to?
Wales
Scotland
Ireland
What languages did the celts speak in?
Welsh
Irish
Gaelic
Who kept Christianity alive after the Romans?
Original Britains
Wales, Ireland, Scotland, and England
Define Colomba.
Soldier/Abbott (monk) that found the first Christian monastery in England - 563 AD
Who were the copiers of manuscripts?
Monks (Scribes)
Define Illustrated Manuscripts.
Manuscript copied, painted and bordered in gold and silver.
Who was the first English historian and what was the name of the book he wrote?
The Venerable Bede
A History of the Church and People
Define Scops/Singers.
People who would go town to town reciting poems that would go on for days. Epics.
Define Gleemen.
Assistants to the Scops.
Define Dark Ages Epic in detail.
Long, heroic poems with a superhuman protagonist.
4 accents per line.
Had caesuras.
Used Alliteration.
Define Caesura.
Pause in the middle of a poetic line.
Define Alliteration.
Repetition of initial consonant sounds.
Name the two types of Anglo-Saxon verses.
Heroic poetry and elegiac poetry.
Describe heroic poetry and elegiac poetry.
Heroic- stories of achievements of warriors.
Elegiac- story about a death or a significant loss of something.
