[ENGL 2300] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (30 pages long!)

• School: Carleton University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 2300
• Professor: Siobhain Bly- Calkin

Document Summary

History of anglo-saxon: people and context of their literature. Importance of christianization for anglo-saxon people (in england) Arrival of vikings, conquering northumbria, east anglia and mercia (eastern) Cultural possessions were lost in those 50 years (680) Medieval form of terrorism by the vikings. Monolithic unity of anglo-saxon as a myth; being english as a hybrid of culture. Rise of wessex: alfred the great (871-99) developed the navy to fight against the vikings. Writing in english and not latin, alfred pushed to write about history, religion and law codes in english (bede is translated) Cultural achievements like the systematisation of a language. Repeated viking attacks (intermingling through christianity and marriages) King raedwald buried in the 7th century 627. Germanic paganism christianity (hybrid of religion) Ship burial mixed in christian and germanic paganism influences (crosses in jewellery, King establishes a temple of two altars; one to the christian god and the other to the.