anglo-saxons 500-1066
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The Anglo-Saxons c. 450-1066TRANSCRIPT
Anglo-Saxons
500-1066
The Anglo-Saxonsc. 450-1066
Discuss Beowulf• What was this Germanic culture like according to
the poem? Consider..– Values– Settlement of disputes– Entertainment– Fighting– Women– Aristocracy and peasants– The socioeconomic class of heroes
Anglo-Saxon
Kingdoms c. 700
Monastic scribes
Written Laws
Elevated the Prestige of
Kings
The Ismere Diploma
736
Charter during Aethelbald’s
reign716-757
Anglo-Saxon Charter
Chirograph
Tribal Hidage c. 700-720• Hwinca syfan þusend hyda. 7,000 • Ciltern sætna feower þusend hyda. 4,000 • Hendrica þryu þusend hyda ond fif hund hyda. 3,500 • Unecungaga twelf hund hyda. 1,200 • Arosætna syx hund hyda. 600 • Færpinga þreo hund hyda. is in Middelenglum Færpinga 300 • Bilmiga syx hund hyda. 600 • Eastwilla syx hund hyda. 600 • Westwilla syx hund hyda. 600 • East engle þrittig þusend hida. 30,000 • Eastsexena syofon þusend hyda. 7,000 • Cantwarena fiftene þusend hyda. 15,000 • Suþsexena syufan þusend hyda. 7,000 • Westsexena hund þusend hyda. 100,000
Coins of Offa
Anointing &
Coronation Raised the Prestige of
Kings
Anglo-Saxon
Kingdoms c. 700
Viking Invasions
of the British Isles
Viking Invasion 793-1066
Alfred the Great
871-899
The Burghal Clusters
Guthrum’s Peacec. 886
Early Shire Structure
approx. 30 shires. C. 950
Royal Writ
King Edgar, c. 973
Cnut the Greatr. 1016-1035
Danish King of England
The Norman Conquest
1066
European Expansion1000-1300
Physical Map of Europe
Moldboard plow
Agricultural Patterns
throughout Europe
c. 1300
The Hanseatic League c. 1300
Monarchies became
increasingly powerfulby 1300
Medieval Universities
French Gothic at
St. Chapelle
The Annunciation
Anglo-Saxons
• Migrations – begin from Continent in 5th century– initiate battles with Britons
• Originally adamant pagans• Converted through domestic proselytization
– Augustine of Canterbury arrives 597– Ethelbert of Kent and Queen Bertha– Establishment of Roman Christianity in Britain– eventual conflict with Irish Christianity
Christianity and Literacy
• Clerical literati• Written legal codes
– Ethelbert c. 600– Alfred c. 900
• Written charters• Formal wills and writs
The Northumbrian Renaissancec.625- c.790
• Illuminated Manuscripts• Intellectual revival
– Bede– Alcuin
• Conversion– Mercia– Continental Saxons, including Frisia
• Composition of Beowulf?
The Venerable Bede
Alfred the Great (849-99)
• Unification of Southern England• Establishment of Uniform Legal Code• Reinvigoration of Learning• Danish Invasions (793- c.900)
– Danish cultural influence– Establishment of the Danelaw c. 900– Unification of Mercians and West Saxons– Danish rule ends 1042
English Society c. 1066
• Political Unity and Administrative System • English Identity
– Anglo-Saxon– Danish/Scandinavian
• Thoroughly Christian• Uniform Currency• Established Vernacular Tradition
Summary
• The conquests of the Franks, Anglo-Saxons, and Normans had an enduring impact on the formation of the political boundaries of Europe
• Similarly the achievements of the Celtic Church during its golden age had an enduring impact on the spread of monasticism and the preservation of texts throughout Europe; ultimately, however, Celtic Christianity gradually receded as the papacy formed an enduring relationship with the Franks