Old or Anglo Saxon Literature

 Old or Anglo Saxon literature (449-1066)

Oral literature

Anglo Saxon

Saxons, Jutes and Angles

 (449-549)

597Ad.- St. Augustin - Introduced Christianity.

Then - Christianity - Come to Britan from Rome.

Anglo Saxon Period

 1. Celts (Brythins & Gaels) up to - 55 B.C.

 (Brythins) - Britain was named after

 2. Roman Conquest - 55 B.C. - 407 A.D.

 3. Anglo Saxon Invasions - 407 A.D - 787 A.D.

 Angle - Land (England)

 4. Viking Invasions 787 A.D. - 1066 A.D.

 5. Norman Conquest begins - 1066 A.D.

Author - 

1.Caedmon - First maker of English verse.

2. Cynewulf- Poets

3. Bede - Venerable scholar and priest.

4. King Alfred the great - (871- 901) Creator of English prose.

5. Aelfric - Churchman - know for his grammar.

6. Aldhelm and Wulfstan - Were also important person of Anglo Saxon period.

After the great - 871 - 901 king

Style - Oral Literature.

Poetry - mostly write (4 form )

1. Caesura.

2. Alliteration.

3. Repetition.

4. Four beat rhyme

Alfric

Poem -

Deor ,  The Dream of the Rood

Types- 

Epic poetry, Hagiography, Sermons, Bible's translations, Legal works, Chronicles and Riddles. 

(1. Religion.

2. War.

3. The trials of daily life.)

Books 📚-- (4 Manuscript)

1. The Vercelli Book.

2. The Junius Manuscript.

3. The Exeter Book.

4. The Beowulf Manuscript.

Widsith & Beowulf - 

( National Epic )

Written in more than 3000 lines.

Important work ( Book) 10th century -

Genesis -A, Genesis -B, Exodus, The wanderers, The Seafarers, Wife's Lament, Husband's Message, Christ and Satan, Dream of the rood, Battle of Madon.

Complete History of Anglo Saxon Period----

The Romans invaded England repeatedly. 55 b.c. I came inside England. He built very beautiful buildings in England. These people brought with them the Latin language. According to today's research, Latin words have been used in 25% of the English language. Latin language was considered very important at that time. Even many important books were written in Latin. Even the Bible was written in the Latin language. Later it was translated into different languages.

 The question now arises as to why the Romans left England. An aggressive tribes named visigoths invaded Rome. That is why the Rome soldiers left Britain because they all wanted to save their homes. All the Roman soldiers there were back in Rome.

 At a time when only celts survived to rule in England. The celts were very weak then a lot of tribes came there and they all tried to establish their dominance. Then two powerful tribes Picts (north) & Scots (Ireland) came and tried to establish their dominance over England. Celts invites an Angels sexon tribes to remove both of those tribes from there.

 Angels sexon came to England on the invocation of the Celts and established their dominance. England got a new ruler. There were 3 types of tribes in Angels sexon.

Angels + Saxon + Jutes

 The celts had then left England.

 Angels sexon divided England into 5 states.

 1. Northunbaria

 2. Mercia

 3. East Anglia

 4. Wessex (lived here king. King Alfred Statue)

 5. Kent

 After this, Viking began to attack England.  When they used to punish someone for death, they would cut off the stomach of a living person.

 This was followed by Norman Conquest - King William the Conqueror, who defeated Harold Godwinson.

 Norman came from France and brought French language with him.

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