This lesson contains 16 slides, with text slides and 2 videos.
Lesson duration is: 70 min
Items in this lesson
Thursday, August 24th
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Programme
- Welcome
- Introduction
- SW/ PTA/ Book list
- Literature: The early Middle Ages
- CE VWO 2023-I: texts 1 - 3
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Slide 3 - Slide
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The Early Middle Ages
(450 - 1066)
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From Roman rule to
Anglo-Saxon kingdoms
From 55 BC to about 450 AD under Roman rule
450 AD: Roman left Britain to defend empire on continent
Attacks by Scots, Irish, Angles, Saxons and Jutes
Anglo-Saxon community was born; many kingdoms within Britain
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Slide 7 - Video
Kings and their men
Kings were surrounded by young warriors and rewarded them for their loyalty
Central meeting point: Mead hall; to eat, drink and listen to stories and poems.
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Converting the heathen Anglo-Saxons to Christianity
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Latin literature by Christian monks,
illuminated manuscripts
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Important literature from this time
The Ecclesiastical History of the Anglo-Saxon People, by Bede (monk)
Beowulf
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (illustration)
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Slide 12 - Video
King Alfred of Wessex
Alfred the Great (849 - 899), king of Wessex. He prevented England from falling to the Danes and promoted learning and literacy. Compilation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle began during his reign, circa 890.
Lesson duration is: 70 min
