U5 L1 Early England (PART 2) Flashcards
What year marks the beginnings of English History?
597
From whom had the English learned to make written records of historical events?
Roman and Irish missionaries
Which language is Anglo-Saxon closely related to?
Saxon and Frisian (Low German)
How had Latin influenced English?
through the church and classical writings
During which centuries did Old Norse (Scandinavian) especially influence English?
10 and 11th
How did the spread of Christianity bring increased learning?
- men learned to read/write in Latin while training for holy orders
- studied Greek, language used in early church
Who set up a monastic school at Canterbury?
- ‘Theodore’, archbishop of Canterbury
- African Abbot ‘Hadrian’
How many books could an average scribe copy in a year?
two
Who was Aldhelm (Ealdhelm)?
- Monk from Wessex
- student of Theodore and Hadrian
- poet and first important English writer
Who was Benedict Biscop?
- monk form Northumbria
- established Benedictine monasteries there
Who was Venerable Bede?
- student of Biscop
- Anglo-Latin writer
What did Venerable Bede write about?
- lives of saints
- Bible book commentaries
- scientific treatises
- grammatical handbooks
- critical writings
What is one of Venerable Bede’s works? And what was it about?
- Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum
- The Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation
- info about transition of England to a unified culture
Were methods of investigation during Bede’s time developed?
no
What was Venerable Bede considered as?
Father of English history
