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English LITERATURE (HISTORY (700 bC: Celts (Romans arrived between…

- - - - worshipping natural elements
      - water is holy
      - world beyond death
    - - 122 aD: Hadrian's Wall
        
        other part: Scots and Pics (north)
      - paved roads
      - culture, Latin and Christianity
      - end in 409 aD
      - Anglo-Saxons
        5th-6th centuries
        
        south of Hadrian's wall
        
        clan
        
        first form: loyalty in exchange of protection
        
        until 829
        
        602: Canterbury cath. founded
        
        christianisation
        
        Vikings (Danes)
        
        sea people
        
        from 9th century, this invasion became occupation
        
        defeated in 878 by king Alfred (Wessex)
        
        William I
        
        2 groups of people after war: churchmen and townspeople
        
        establish feudal system
        
        domesday book
        
        Latin administrative language; English everyday speech
        
        1015:extension kingdom from Wessex through Denmark to Norway north
        
        Anglo-Saxon kingdom starts collapsing
        
        kingdom of Wessex
        
        king Alfred 871
        
        establish Winchester capital
        
        translation from Latin to Anglo-Saxon
        
        opening Church schools
        
        last king:Harold
        
        battle of Hastings
        
        kingdom conquered by Normans
        
        dies
        
        cause: William (dukedom of Normandy) claimed English crown
        
        victory: crowned in Westm. Abbey the Christmas Day 1066
        
        14.10.1066
        
        tapestry now hanging in Bayeux