PPT-Anglo-Saxon Objects WALT: create a brooch design in the style of Anglo-Saxons.

Can you answer the questions on your sheet Object 1 What do you think these are What are they made of How and where would these have been worn Who would have worn these They are buckles. A Prelude to Beowulf. The Anglo Saxon period is the oldest known period of time that had a complex culture with stable government, art, and a fairly large amount of literature.. Many people believe that the culture then was extremely unsophisticated, but it was actually extremely advanced for the time.. The Middle Ages. British Literature. 449-1485. Taken from . The Longman Anthology of British Literature. and *. The Language of Literature. The Celts. . Approx. 400 BC - The first British people were Celtic people (inhabitors of the British Isles and northern France, also called Brittany). Lavelle/Popp. Historical Events. 55 B.C. Julius Caesar invades Britain. 313 A.D. Christianity is proclaimed a lawful religion . 449 Angles, Saxons, and Jutes invade Britain . 597 Saint Augustine converts British King Ethelbert to Christianity . A Brief History. Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus records the . Saxons. among the barbarians (along with Picts and Scots) who were harassing the Britons in about AD 365, and the mid-fifth-century . Anglo-Saxon. Stonehenge. The earliest settlers in Britain were the Iberians.. This relatively small island has been invaded and settled many times:. Then the Celts. Then the Romans. Then the Angles and the Saxons. Elements of Literature. . by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston.. Unit 1 – Lesson 1. Introduction to the Early Middle Ages – The Anglo-Saxons. In the fifth century, the Angles and Saxons invaded from Germany.. 449-1066 A. D. . Label the numbered sections on the map of Great Britain.. 1.. 2.. 3.. 4.. 5.. Scotland. Northern Ireland. Ireland. Wales. England. Anglo-Saxons. English traditions and language owe something to each of the island’s invaders.. Anglo Saxon Period. In 449, three groups invaded Britain. Angles. Saxons. Jutes. Anglo Saxon Period. Anglo-Saxons. Drove the natives from the eastern, central, and southern areas. Became known as “Angles Land” or England. Religion of Anglo-Saxon Period. The religion of the Celts (first British settlers) was a form of animism. They believed in spirits who were said to be their "gods" who controlled all aspects of life.. --J.R. Lander. English 12 - Lomauro. The Anglo-Saxons. 449-1066. The Anglo-Saxons 449-1066. England – relatively small island of Great Britain that has been invaded and settled many times. First by Iberians. Hannah Brezovec . Melissa Dureiko. Cecily Peevler. Anglo-Saxon Religion. The Celts were a group of people who occupied the British Isles to Galatia. They seemed to have a form of animism. Their gods and spirits controlled every aspect of existence and had to be satisfied constantly. . During the time of the Anglo Saxon’s, heathonism became a great part of their life for thousands of years before Christianity was a religion as the gods were a part of and ruled many aspects of their lives. They were a part of birth, life, death, harvest, earth, sky, love, fertility, nature, weather and many more.. An Introduction to the Anglo-Saxons. Anglo-Saxons. 449-1066 . The History of England:. A History of Invasions. Prehistoric Britain. Britain and Ireland were first settled in Mesolithic times (before 4000 . th. century – so around AD 400. The term relates to people from mainly the Germanic areas of Europe, who migrated to Britain after Roman rule came to an end, and lived amongst the people already living in Britain..