文档介绍：Chapter ⅠThe Anglo-Saxon Period (450-1066)
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1. The Making of the Nation
The early inhabitants---Britons, a tribe of Celts.
mixed blood.
“Britain”, the land of Britons.
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2. The Middle Ages
From the collapse of Roman Empire to the Renaissance
This age can be roughly divided into two periods:
(1) Anglo-Saxon Period: (The Old English)
(2) Anglo-Norman Period (Middle English)--- as a result of Norman conquest of the island.
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3. Historical background:
(1) The earliest settlers of the British Isles were the Celts;
(2) 43- Roman invasion and occupation of Britain
(3) ca. 450 Anglo-Saxon Conquest
(4) 597  St. Augustine arrives in Kent; beginning of Anglo-Saxon conversion to Christianity
(5) 871-899     Reign of King Alfred
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4. King Arthur
The Anglo-Saxon Occupation: The native Britons (Celts) were finally confined to the mountainous region of Wales where the modern form of their language is spoken alongside English to this day. In defeat, the Britons produced a body of stories revolving a legendary ruler called Arthur who had fought heroically against the Anglo-Saxon invaders.
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5. Northubrian School
(1). Northumbria:
An Anglo-Saxon kingdom of northern England formed in the seventh century by the union of Bernicia and Deira, Angle kingdoms originally established c. . 500. Much of Northumbria fell to invading Danes in the ninth century and was annexed to Wessex in 954.
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(2) Caedmon:
The earliest English poet. According to Bede, he was an elderly herdsman who received the power of song in a vision. died c. 680
(3) Bede (673?-735)
Anglo-Saxon theologian and historian whose major work, Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation (731), written in Latin, remains an important source of ancient English history. He introduced the method of dating events from the birth of Christ.
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6. Wessex Literature
(1). Wessex:
A region and ancient Anglo-Saxon kingdom of souther