origins of english culture and values

Question 1

what tribes landed in england in the fifth century?

Answer 1

angles, saxons, jutes, and anglo-saxons

Question 2

what tribe is the english language based of?

Answer 2

anglo-saxons

Question 3

longest and the earliest surviving piece of anglo-saxon literature

Answer 3

beowulf

Question 4

great patron of english literature; established a system of education and made Winchester a center for scholars and writers

Answer 4

king alfred the great

Question 5

this period was brought to a close by norman invasion in 1066, a century after alfred’s death

Answer 5

anglo-saxon period

Question 6

based on ancient traditions brought by the anglo-saxons from their home continent; has no account in history who wrote this

Answer 6

beowulf

Question 7

expert in the study of old english, whose name was inscribed at the top of the first page of the manuscript; first owner of beowulf

Answer 7

laurence nowell

Question 8

after laurence nowell, the manuscript of beowulf later came into his possession; an antiquarian and the first baron of connington

Answer 8

Sir Robert Cotton

Question 9

mr. robert cotton’s grandson, claiming possession of the beowulf manuscript and donated it to the nation after his grandfather died

Answer 9

Sir John Cotton