https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn The Anglo-Saxon Period 500 -1066 en-us 2017-10-24 08:42:27 UTC 2025-12-07 12:17:39 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png YungPoley https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/202825532 It sounded very much like German/Dutch. Only a few words remained from the Celts who had lived in Britain. We know that from old songs and manuscripts and we know that it’s part from the Indo-European family.]]> 2017-11-02 10:20:13 UTC https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/202825532 Ithran https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/202825601 Early Anglo-Saxon English was brought to the isle of Great Britain by Germanic invaders, most notably the Angels and the Saxon, with Danish/Norwegian influences occurring in the following centuries.]]> 2017-11-02 10:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/202825601 https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/202825666 Mostly religious text and verses, whereas the most important work is “Beowulf”]]> 2017-11-02 10:20:50 UTC https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/202825666 https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/202825991 King Alfred (wessex) was at war with the Vikings. He was able to defend his kingdom from them. This was important, because the Vikings seemed an instoppeble force until then]]> 2017-11-02 10:22:20 UTC https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/202825991 YungPoley https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/202826393 King Alfred of Wessex was fighting against the Vikings. He was able to defend the kingdom and that was important because otherwise it would have been destroyed. Vikings were unstoppable until then.]]> 2017-11-02 10:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/202826393 https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/202826504 The people were not very well educated. Most were farmers. The few people that could read and write were: noblemen and cristian monks. Because of this most literature is religious.]]> 2017-11-02 10:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/202826504 Pascallino https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/202826533 Anglo-Saxon literature was mostly oral, poets entertained kings and not a lot of poems have survived. The most recognizable epic poem from the anglo-saxon period is “Beowulf”.]]> 2017-11-02 10:24:56 UTC https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/202826533 Pascallino https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/202827638 The anglo-saxons used a language that came close to old germanic languages. Which shows a connection between the germanic time-line and the english time-line in the anglo-saxon period.]]> 2017-11-02 10:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/202827638 https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/202828649 The Romans left Britain, which they had ruled for ages. The few Celts that remained had no defence against the Angels, the Saxons and the Jutes, who crossed the Channel and started conquering England. ]]> 2017-11-02 10:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/202828649 h_groenewegen https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/204284292 Dane law country see explanation in my comment.]]> 2017-11-07 11:17:01 UTC https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/204284292 h_groenewegen https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/204284599 2017-11-07 11:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/204284599 h_groenewegen https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/204285159 Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Frysians.
Beowulf, the Anglo-Saxon chronicle, King Alfred (of Wessex)
Oral tradition because most people were illiterates => songs/rhyme is easier to remember.
Old English (different dialects) West-Saxon dialect remained]]> 2017-11-07 11:20:25 UTC https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/204285159 h_groenewegen https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/215755304 2017-12-13 12:35:46 UTC https://padlet.com/h_groenewegen/zuuu3f6umukn/wish/215755304