The Golden Age Flashcards
What are seven summarised reasons for Anglo Saxon England being a golden age
Working currency
Freedom to move and live where you want
Church independence from Rome
Art and literature
Skilled craftsman
Freedom to move up and down the higherachy
What is a golden age
A flourishing or outstanding period in history
What are five reasons for Anglo Saxon England not being a golden age
Power and control from earls and thegns
Slavery
Cruelty to women
Curruption in the church
Some with pages beliefs
What animal did they hunt for art pieces
Walrus
Which art piece was created around the five senses
Fuller brooch
What was a famous fiction of the time
Beowolf
What was the name for slaves (bottom of the higherachy )
Thralls
Give three reasons why Anglo Saxon England was a golden age for women
Had three right to leave a husband who had committed adultery
A women and man with the same status had the same value , and if a women was pregnant her value increased by 50%
There were fines for sexual harassment against women
What legal right did women lose after 1066
The right to own land
What are the reasons against Anglo Saxon times not being a golden age for women
Gangs of men buying women as slaves, raping them and selling them on
Women in lower status did lots of manual work, churning butter etc
Cases of divorce were very rare
What percentage of land was owned by women in 1066
5%
When had double monasteries ended by
1000
