AG 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Jutes, Canterbury Cathedral, Thomas Becket
21 Jul 2020
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Session 1: medieval history: old english/anglo-saxon literature (5th 11th century, the politics of periodization: old english vs. anglo-saxon literature. Periodization: process by which literary historians divide english literary history into distinct period labels. Anglo-saxon is the older definition for this period. Oe invented in 19th century, because of cultural continuity who links modern english to their ancient ancestors got rid of term anglo-saxon as a barbarous and unmeaning title (quote of oxford student) Using the term a-s: reminding people that english language from earliest days was. Period labels come with a normative bias; mechanism of inclusion and exclusion: (re-)christianisation and the introduction of the roman alphabet. Germanic tribes brought with them their language, warrior culture + paganism. Bad news for the celts living in britain who were christians since the roman occupation. Late 6th century: christian missionaries arrived and rechristianized britain. End of 7th century: all england has accepted christianity.
