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ENGLISH ORIGINS - Coggle Diagram
ENGLISH ORIGINS
The celts arrived 900 a.c,
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The romans invaded 43
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Conquest of Britain Claudies. Resistence Boudicca (iceni) romans afraid, she set fire london
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Literature
People Britain spoke old English, could read or write.
Monks preserving literature.
2 different cultures: heroens and battle, and Christian ideas
Poetry
Sung in Castel, inspiration from the bible. Focused conquest, honour and heroic
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Prose
Developed later than poetry.
King Alfred supported culture, arranged Latin into English.
Chrinicle Anglo-saxon
Old
1) old English: many dialects and complex grammar
2) middle English: started inflections
3) modern English: inflections were lost
King Alfred unified the tribes, it was synthetic language and vocabulary mostly germanic
Beowulf
Old English poem, who fights monsters, battles against Grendal and tears off his arm.