Literature The Beginnings 1

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18th of February

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Literature 
The Beginnings & The Middle Ages

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Today's planning
  • Introduction to the history of English 
  • and English Literature

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Who are these guys?

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Who are those two characters? points if you know the dog's name

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The OG's: The Celts
Celtic Europe = many tribes and societies

Belgae, Helvetti. Callaeci, Parisiii, Galli

Asterix & Obelix = Gaels

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What do these names remind you of?
Belgae, Helvetti. Callaeci, Parisiii, Gall

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When do you think The Celts lived in what we now know as Britain?
A
+/- 550 BC - 105 BC
B
+/- 750 - 43 AD
C
+/- 500 BC - 100 AD
D
103 AD - 507 AD

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The OG's: The Celts
 Iron Age people
'Celts' Modern name (18th C) 
Greek = Keltoi  
Latin = Celtae
'Civilized states' of the Classical Meditereanen called them 'Barbarians

Video: 00:00-3:10

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What does Barbarian mean?

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Barbarians Term
The word “barbarian” originated in ancient Greece, and was initially used to describe all non-Greek-speaking peoples, including Persians, Egyptians, Medes and Phoenicians. The ancient Greek word “bárbaros,” from which it derives, meant “babbler,” and was onomatopoeic: In the Greek ear, speakers of a foreign tongue made unintelligible sounds (“bar bar bar”).

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Facts 
  • Agricultural Society; farmers & hunters
  • Advanced! They used tools
  • Warrior Culture
  • No written Celtic language --> oral tradition

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Why do you think there was no written language?

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Answer
Oral tradition was a better device for learning and memorizing 
(and it could prevent any valuable knowlegde from the tribe to fall into enemy hands!)

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Question
They had druids and were superstitious. What do you associate with those words?

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Druids & supersition

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Druids
  • Druids = Celtic Priests
  • Responsible for all religious rituals 
  • Druids could talk to god.
  • Lawspeakers, poets and doctors

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Video
Video 6:25- 7:56

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What did you learn about Boadicea?

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Celts: Beef with the Romans
A.K.A the Romans tried to conquer the western world and they almost succeeded 

Britain as part of the Roman Empire (43 AD - 410 AD)

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Who's this dude?

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The Reason for the conflict
In 55BC Julius Caesar wanted to invade Britain = FAIL
The Romans wanted revenge on the CEltic tribes in Britainfor helping the CEltic Gauls

Believe it or not, Asterix & Obelix describe part of the reason for the conflict pretty well!

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Why invade?
  • Riches, gold, slaves =not the main reason
  • Failed to conquer Scotland (Caledonia) 
  • They built something to protect themselves from the CEltic Tribes in the north The picts

  • Romans: infrastructure, roads & language  (latin
  • Relationship okay = loyal & pay taxes to Rome 

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Early Middle Ages +/- 500 - 1100
The Anglo Saxons (410 -1066 AD)

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410 AD; fall of Roman Empire
Roman soldiers left Britain to defend Rome
 --> defense gone -->
INVASION

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Who invaded the country (Britain)?
A
The Angles
B
The Saxons
C
The Jutes
D
All three

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How did England get its name, you think?

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Which language you guys 'know' is related to Old English?

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The Anglo-Saxons
  • Anglo-Saxons didn't care for Roman Legacy
  • Replaced Roman Infrastructure 
  • Englisc --> Old English
  • WAR: between small Kingdoms
  • Pagan

  • Netflix: The Last Kingdom, the Dig

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What does Old English remind you of?

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In the next Episode of 'History of Britain

Vikings (no not the Netflix series), Alfred the Great and Beowulf

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