The Viking Expansion, The Anglo-Saxons, and The Norman Conquest Flashcards
What 5 Countries consist of Scandinavia?
Finland
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Iceland
In what year did the Viking raids begin?
793 AD
What were the people of Scandinavia called?
The Norse
What was a nickname for Iceland?
The land of fire and ice
How was Iceland goverened?
By a democratic republic
What was Iceland’s democratic republic parliament called?
The Althing
Describe the Eddas
The book of mythology and poetry
Describe the Sagas
The book of long stories about ordinary Norse people and their feuds
Who were the body guards of the Byzantine Emperors?
Vikings called the Varangian guard
What poem was created based off of the sayings of the mythological god called Odin?
Hávamál
The Norse of Iceland became “Christian” in the year…
1000 AD
What three groups were part of the Anglo-Saxons?
Angles
Saxons
Jutes
The Anglo Saxons invaded the island of:
Britain
Britain was formerly settled by the:
Celts
Who was the Anglo-Saxon scholar and historian who’s work is also our primary source?
Bede
What is Bede’s nickname?
The Venerable Bede
What book did Bede write?
“The Ecclesiastical History of the English People”
What hymn was written in Old English (the language of the Anglo-Saxons)?
Caedmon’s Hymn
Who were the Franks?
A “so-called” Barbarian tribe, ancestors of the French
Who was Emperor Charlemagne
Power-hungry king of the Franks who conquered much of what used to be the Roman Empire
What is Charlemagne’s name in English and in Latin?
Charles the Great
Carolus Magnus
Who crowned Charlemagne as the Holy Roman Emperor?
The pope
Why isn’t the Holy Roman Empire really that?
it was just a group of small states loyal to Charlemagne that mostly spoke German.
It wasn’t Holy, it wasn’t Roman, and it wasn’t an Empire.
What name was given to Charlemagne?
The Father of Europe
What did Charlemagne provide for the Holy Roman Empire?
Patronage to the arts – payment for someone else to create art or literature
The period of time when Charlemagne provided Patronage to the arts
Carolingian Renaissance
Who were the twins who supposedly founded the Anglo-Saxons?
Hengest and Horsa
Who fought off the Vikings from England?
King Alfred the Great
What was the group of people who became French and started speaking French?
The Normans
Who was the last main king of the Anglo-Saxons?
St. Edward the Confessor
When was the Battle of Hastings?
1066 AD
Who won the Battle of Hastings?
The Normans
What was the thing called that was the story of the Battle of Hastings but comic?
The Bayeux Tapestry
What did William the Conqueror do after he conquered Britain?
He made a census of everyone and everything in his newly conquered territory and gathered it in a book called the Domesday Book.
Middle English and the Great Vowel Shift
Middle English– in between Old English and Modern English
The Great Vowel shift – Vowels moved from the back of the mouth to the front
The Canterbury Tales
A book written in Middle English
