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Roman Rule to Norman Conquest —  \n## 2.Political Context,\n\n5.Economy,Class &  \n1.Historical Context &Timeline  \n3.Social Structure &  \nT“Worldview  \nDaily Life  \nWar &Power  \nSociety  \nTIME  \nPOLITICS+WAR  \nDAILY LIFE  \nSOCIETY  \nRELIGION+WORLDVIEW  \n·455-End of Roman rulein Britain.  \n·Fragmented kingdoms(Heptarchy)  \n·Originally pagan(Old Norse andGermanic beliefs).  \n·Agriculture(farming,livestock).  \n·Hierarchical society-king,nobles,  \n-Wessex,Mercia,Northumbria,  \nfreemen,ceorls,slaves.  \n·Trade and craftsmanship.  \n·Worship of nature,gods and heroes  \nEast Anglia,Sussex,Essex.  \n·5th-6th centuries-Arrival ofAngles,Saxons and Jutes.  \n·Kinship and family were important.  \n·Silver and land as wealth.  \n(e.g.,Woden,Thor,Freya).  \n·Constant warfare and power struggles  \n·Later Christianization(6th century  \n·Women had certain rights(e.g.,  \namong kingdoms.  \n·Social classes and labour system.  \n·597-Mission of St.Augustine(Christianity).  \nonwards).  \ninheritance,property).  \n·Rise of strong kings (e.g.,Alfred  \n·Simple living,wooden houses,clothing,food (bread,meat,ale).  \n·Church,monasteries and missionaries  \nthe Great).  \n·Mead halls and warrior culture.  \n·793-Viking raids begin.  \n(St.Augustine).  \n·Viking invasions(8th-11th centuries)  \n·Village life and rural communities.  \n·Role of markets and local trade.  \n·Belief in fate,destiny and afterlife  \n·1066-Norman Conquest  \n·Gradual unification under Wessex  \n(Valhalla).  \n(end of Anglo-Saxon period).  \n(later England).  \n1066  \n455  \nNorman  \nEnd of Roman  \nrule  \nConquest  \n6.Language,Education &Intellectual Culture  \n8.Major Writers &Key Works  \n9.Literary Movements,Ideas &Concepts  \n## 7.Literature,Genres &Forms\n\nWRITERS+WORKS  \nLANGUAGE  \nLITERATURE  \nIDEAS  \nPoet  \n·Beowulf -Beowulf  \n·Oral and written traditions.  \n·Old English (Anglo-Saxon language).  \n·Heroic tradition and oral culture.  \n(heroic poem)  \n·Influenced by Old Norse and Latin.  \n·Major genres:heroic poetry,  \n·Christian didacticism.  \nDramatist  \nreligious works,wisdom literature,  \n·Oral tradition and storytelling.  \n·The concept of fate(wyrd).  \n·Not a major dramatist in this period  \nprose,riddles.  \n·Limited formal education  \n(drama developed much later).  \n·Ideal of the heroic warrior.  \n·Forms:alliterative verse,enigma,  \n(mainly for clergy and nobility).  \nNovelist  \n·Blend of pagan and Christian worldview.  \nchronicles,homilies,saints'lives.  \n·Monasteries as centres of learning  \n·No true novels (the modern form  \n·Themes of loyalty,courage and morality.  \n·Themes:heroism,loyalty,faith,  \nand literacy.  \ncame later).  \nmorality,fate.  \nEssayist/Prose Writer  \n“Fate rules  \nBeowulf  \n·Alfred the Great-Pastoral Care  \nthe fates of men.”  \n(prose,moral and religious).  \n-Beowulf  \n(Focus on Beowulfas the key literary work  \nof the period.)  \nL)Important Writers &Their Works  \nLiterary Group/Club for Literature  \n2.Afred the Great (Essayist)  \n1.Beowulf(Poet)  \nThe Exeter Book Circle(Monastic Literary Circle)  \n3.(Anonymous)-Chronicle (Prose)  \n4.(Anonymous)-Riddles(Poetry)  \n·A group of Anglo-Saxon monks and scholarsconnected with the production of \"The Exeter Book\".  \n·Focused on religious texts,poetry,riddles and learning.  \n·Associated with the monastery of Exeter.  \n·Pastoral Care(prose)  \n·The Exeter Book (ridles)  \n·Themes:heroism,loyalty,fate,battle,good vs evil.  \n·Advice on Christian living.governance and education.  \n·Preserved and copied many important works,including the Old English poems and riddles.  \n·Everyday life,nature,human  \n·Only surviving majorwork of the Anglo-Saxon period.  \n·Promoted learning andtranslation o Latin works.  \n·Shows creatvity and imagination.  \n—Monasteries were the eal iterary dubs of the time一  \n·Anglo-Saxon Chronicle  \n·Historical record(437-1154).  \n·Important source for the period.  \n1.Historical Context &  \nTimeline  \nTIME  \n·1557-Elizabeth Ibecomes Queenof England  \n·1588-Defeat of the Spanish Armada.  \n·1","cbCaiiTbHjd8d8ku","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiTbHjd8d8ku","pdf",4964570,12,"English","# Anglo-Saxon Period (455-1066)\n## Political Context\n## Historical Context & Timeline\n## Social Structure & Society\n## Economy, Class & Daily Life\n## Religion, Beliefs & Worldview\n## Language, Education & Intellectual Culture\n## Literature, Genres & Forms\n## Major Writers & Key Works\n## Literary Movements, Ideas & Concepts","[{\"question\":\"What historical timeline boundaries define the Anglo-Saxon period in this material?\",\"answer\":\"It sets the start at 455 (end of Roman rule in Britain) and the end at 1066 (Norman Conquest). 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