From Legend to History Mr. Krake – British Literature.

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From From LegendLegendto to HistoryHistoryMr. Krake – British LiteratureMr. Krake – British Literature

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Roman Impact on BritainRoman Impact on Britain

• Roads

• Fortifications

• Aqueducts

• Military protection from invasion

• Universal Language (Latin)

• CurrencyIs our world moving towards a universal language/currency?

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Bayeaux TapestryBayeaux Tapestry

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Bayeaux TapestryBayeaux Tapestry

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Bayeaux TapestryBayeaux TapestryWhat does the Bayeaux Tapestry tell us?

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Bayeaux TapestryBayeaux Tapestry

• 230 Feet Long x 20 Inches.

• French needleworker’s stitched on strips of linen.

• Hung in the French town of Bayeaux.

• Tells the story of William the Conqueror Invading England.

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Norman ConquestNorman Conquest

• Normans – “North Men” – Vikings, who invaded France.

• Brought Feudalism to England.

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Literature of the Literature of the ..

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Saxon LiteratureSaxon Literature

• Heroic Poetry:– Recounting the achievements of warriors

• Elegiac Poetry:– Lamenting the deaths of loved ones and the

loss of the past.

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Literature of the Middle AgesLiterature of the Middle Ages

• Secular:– Poetry of Love & Nature– Ballad

• Folk song telling a story

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Literature of the Middle AgesLiterature of the Middle Ages

• Religious:– Miracle Plays, or “Mystery Plays”

• Bible stories

– Morality plays

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The Changing The Changing English LanguageEnglish Language

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The Changing English LanguageThe Changing English Language

What kinds of events caused important changes to early

English?

What foreign influences impacted the development of the English

Language?

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The Changing English LanguageThe Changing English Language

• Celts– Gaelic

• Danes– Germanic

• Angles– Germanic

• Romans– Latin

• Normans– French

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Conquest & InvasionConquest & Invasion

• Englisc (Old English)

• Normans – French involvement (Middle English)– bedd– candel– eorth– faederm– froendscipe

– healf– healp–mann–moder– waeter

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