Zusammenfassung der Ressource
History of British Literature
- From Origins to the Age of Reason
- The Anglo-Saxon Period
- Britain before the Anglo-Sasons
- England was inhabited
from about 3000 BC
- Celtic invaded England -
700BC
- Romans arrived in
Britain in 43 AD and
stayed for 400 years
- Romans brought
innovations for Celts
- Romans spread
christianity
- Germans invaded
Britain in 449 AD
- Germanic language became the
most speaking language and still
some latin language as well
- Anglo-Saxons
- Saxons and Angles invaded
Britain after Germans
- On 5th / 6th Centure, it was
possible that King Arthur was
the chief in charge of win a
battle over the Saxons
- Culture and Language was
divided by Anglos and English
and later on the spoken
language became the old english
- 6th Centure Period
- Blood conflicts, ignorance,
violence, and barbarism
- The Anglo-Saxon Society
- Anglo-Saxon Literature (poetry)
- Growing Christianity
- Anglo-Saxons influenced
by Christianity
- Christian writers report in
writing about epic heroes
- Beowulf
- Many of the characters in the
story can be directly related
to real historical figures
- Heroic matters
- The Medieval Period