AngloSaxon Period 449 1066 Group 1 Salar Atapoor

Anglo-Saxon Period 449 -1066 Group 1: Salar Atapoor, Forrest Pinkman, Colleen Heberle, Arianna Dudley

Anglos Saxon events in Britain Ø 449 - Traditional date of Anglo-Saxon invasion Ø 597 - Christian missionaries land in Kent; Christianity begins to spread among Anglo-Saxons Ø 793 - Vikings begin first of many raids on Anglo-Saxon kingdom Ø 871 - Alfred the great becomes king of Wessex (to 899) Ø 1016 - Canute, a Dane, becomes king of England (to 1035) Ø 1066 - Norman Conquest- William the conqueror defeats at Hastings and becomes king of England

Anglo-Saxon World Events 449 -1066 � 500 - Indian mathematicians create pi � 527 - Justinian I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire � 630 - The prophet Muhammad takes the city of Mecca, which becomes the holy city of Islam � 800 - Much of Europe is united under Charlemagne who is named emperor of the Holy Roman Empire - Gunpowder is invented by the Chinese - The decline of the Mayan Culture begins � 1054 - The Christian Church is divided into East and West

Events in British Literature 449 -1066 750 Surviving version of Beowulf probably composed q 975 Anglo-Saxon verse collected in Exeter Book q 1000 Surviving version of Beowulf written out by monks q. Their literature and history was given orally, by scops. q

The Language � The language of the Anglo-Saxon period was Old English. � Britain’s closely related Germanic dialects evolved over time into a distinct language called English. It is now referred to as Old English to distinguish it from the later forms of English. � Old English � Harsh in sound, similar to the Germanic language � Written phonetically, with no silent letters � Rare occurrences of j, k, q, v and z � Grammatically � More complex than modern English � Words would change form to indicate different functions � Allowed for flexible word order � Had the ability to change and grow, adopting new words as the need arose.