ACCTG 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Early Modern English, Latin Alphabet, William Caxton
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4th century: collapse of roman empire on the continent ca. Some british moved into wales, cornwall and. Brittany; some were killed; larger number stayed and was assimilated. Anglo-saxons: traditionally: angles, saxons, jutes = culturally and linguistically related germanic tribes of ie origin. From the great north german plain: settled in different parts of england, useful alliances / small kingdoms. Anglo-saxon heptarchy (= seven kingdoms; power always shifted; christianity was dominant; latin = influence: northumbria (dominant 7th, mercia (dominant 8th c. , east anglia, essex, wessex (dominant 9th, sussex, kent. End of 9th century c. ) c. : arrival of the vikings: Destruction of centers of christianity (e. g. monasteries at. Lindisfarne and jarrow), violence & pay-offs (protection money) Wessex: king alfred"s resistance burghs (=> edinburgh-castle) Treaty of wedmore: established the danelaw century ad: battle of ethandune (edington?) Heroic and historic poetry (most famous example: beowulf) Godes yrre b r! manna cynnes in sele am hean. There came on one night / the shadowwalker stalking.
