From From LegendLegendto to HistoryHistoryMr. Krake – British LiteratureMr. Krake – British Literature

Roman Impact on BritainRoman Impact on Britain

• Roads

• Fortifications

• Aqueducts

• Military protection from invasion

• Universal Language (Latin)

• CurrencyIs our world moving towards a universal language/currency?

Bayeaux TapestryBayeaux Tapestry

Bayeaux TapestryBayeaux Tapestry

Bayeaux TapestryBayeaux TapestryWhat does the Bayeaux Tapestry tell us?

Bayeaux TapestryBayeaux Tapestry

• 230 Feet Long x 20 Inches.

• French needleworker’s stitched on strips of linen.

• Hung in the French town of Bayeaux.

• Tells the story of William the Conqueror Invading England.

Norman ConquestNorman Conquest

• Normans – “North Men” – Vikings, who invaded France.

• Brought Feudalism to England.

Literature of the Literature of the ..

Saxon LiteratureSaxon Literature

• Heroic Poetry:– Recounting the achievements of warriors

• Elegiac Poetry:– Lamenting the deaths of loved ones and the

loss of the past.

Literature of the Middle AgesLiterature of the Middle Ages

• Secular:– Poetry of Love & Nature– Ballad

• Folk song telling a story

Literature of the Middle AgesLiterature of the Middle Ages

• Religious:– Miracle Plays, or “Mystery Plays”

• Bible stories

– Morality plays

The Changing The Changing English LanguageEnglish Language

The Changing English LanguageThe Changing English Language

What kinds of events caused important changes to early

English?

What foreign influences impacted the development of the English

Language?

The Changing English LanguageThe Changing English Language

• Celts– Gaelic

• Danes– Germanic

• Angles– Germanic

• Romans– Latin

• Normans– French

Conquest & InvasionConquest & Invasion

• Englisc (Old English)

• Normans – French involvement (Middle English)– bedd– candel– eorth– faederm– froendscipe

– healf– healp–mann–moder– waeter

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