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1
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What was British literature characterized by?

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foreign invasions and social turbulence

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What tribes left northern Europe and invaded the island of Britain?

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Germanic tribes

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What language was spoken by Germanic tribes?

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English

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Did you have to have a lot of possessions to be considered wealthy as a butcher!

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No

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What type of work did peasants do year round?

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yard work

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To avoid revenge from a slain man’s family, what could you pay?

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wergild

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How can you tell that a nobleman is more important than a peasant?

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Noblemen are worth more shillings than peasants

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What was commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085? It contained census-type records of over 13,000 English estates for tax purposes.

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The Domesday Book

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What ran it’s course and decimated about 25 million people in Europe?

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the Black Death

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According to the Domesday Book, who owned 54% of the land in England?

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Barons, Lords, and Church tenants

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Who is A.D. 43 conquered the Celtic tribes of southern Britain?

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the Romans

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In the early 5th century, when the Roman Empire began to fall, how did it leave the Britons?

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easy prey to invaders

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What 3 Germanic tribes began invading Britain’s shores?

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Angles, Saxons. and Jutes

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What were the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes collectively known as?

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Anglo-Saxons

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What type of beginning did England have? dd

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bloody beginning

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What did the invaders who took over the southeastern part of the island call it?

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Angle-land

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What did Angle-land form?

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tribal kingdoms

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How did Angle-land support themselves?

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by farming and hunting

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What did Angle-land believe in?

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multiple gods

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During the 8th and 9th century, who took the seas in an attempt to take Britain by force?

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Danes and Norsemen

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Who in 878 led his warriors to victory by capturing the city of London, and much of England?

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Alfred, the Saxon king of Wessex

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For Alfred’s achievements, what was he known as?

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Alfred the Great

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When Alfred’s son and grandson won back all of England, how was the country?

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at peace

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How did the Anglo-Saxon era end?

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William, duke of Normandy laid claim to the English throne

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What battle did William, duke of Normandy defeat the Anglo-Saxons?
Battle of Hastings
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What did the Anglo-Saxons become of the Norman French aristocracy?
the subjects
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What did William the Conqueror introduce to England?
feudalism
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What is feudalism?
a continental social, economic, and political system
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Under feudalism, who was the land divided among?
noble overlords
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Who pledged their wealth and services to noble overlords?
knights
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Who was at the lower end of the social scale?
serfs
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What did feudal relationships erupt into?
heated conflicts
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Who in 1215 was forced by his angry barons to sign the Magna Carta?
King John
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What was the Magna Carta?
An agreement to not raises taxes without the consent of the barons
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What did people think the Magna Carta was the beginning of?
a constitutional government
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What did the constitutional government include?
the right to trial by jury
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What century was a dark time in British history?
14th century
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What year did the Hundred Years' War start?
1337
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Who was the Hundred Years' War between?
English and French
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What was the purpose of the Hundred Years' War?
control of lands in France
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After the break with France, what did England develop?
national identity independent of French influence
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What epidemic happened during the Hundred Years' War?
the Black Death
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What heroic type did the Anglo-Saxons recognize?
the warrior
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What important virtue was believe to achieve fame and immortality?
courage
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What virtue is really important to tribal lords?
loyalty and wisdom
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What virtue was crucial to overcoming one's enemies?
physical strength
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For the early Anglo-Saxons, what was their way of life?
warfare
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What reflected the reality of the Anglo-Saxons?
organization, values, beliefs, and poetry
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What did tribes consist of?
warrior families
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What were tribes led by?
noblemen
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What did noblemen who led tribes also called?
chief or overlord
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What primarily was an Anglo-Saxon ruler?
a warlord
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What did the Anglo-Saxon leader do?
protected his people from attacks and led his followers on expeditions
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What was a close-knit group formed of a warlord and his followers called?
comitatus
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What did warlords reward their bravest followers with?
treasure
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To get treasure, what did warriors do for it?
show absolute loyalty to their leader
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What did the Anglo-Saxons bring to Britain?
Germanic language, religion, culture, and oral literary traditions
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What did the storytellers describe about warriors in their songs?
their great deeds and celebrating qualities
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What is an example of celebrating qualities?
strength, courage, and loyalty
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If you had the celebrating qualities, what did they believe would happen?
that they could save people from the evils that threatened them
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What were minstrels (musicians) also known as?
scops
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Where did scops preform songs?
In the mead hall
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What type of academic society was the Anglo-Saxons?
illiterate society
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For warriors, what was the song to them?
it provided models to emulate and a goal to pursue
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What was the goal of a warrior?
to win fame and be remembered after death for one's deeds
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What were the two most important influences on the Anglo-Saxon literature?
Germanic tradition and the christian religion
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What literary tradition was deeply rooted into the Anglo-Saxons?
dark, heroic tales of Germanic mythology
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What did the Anglo-Saxons believe about the afterlife?
that there was no afterlife
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What coexisted with Germanic mythology?
Christianity
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How was life in the early Anglo-Saxon times?
strife-ridden and brief
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What is another word for fate?
wyrd
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What is wyrd?
controlled destiny and that one's ultimate and inescapable fate was death
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How does a hero's face the destiny of death?
with courage

Adv. English 12 (16 decks)

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