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I. THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD (449-1066)THE ANGLO SAXON INVASION• 428 CE – BRITON RULER (VORTIGERN) HIRES GERMANIC (SAXON) TROOPS TO REPELINVASIONS FROM PICTS (“PAINTED ONES” - SCOTLAND); VORTIGEN FAILS• 449 CE – CONSIDERED THE BEGINNING OF THE ANGLO-SAXON PERIOD• ANGLES (MODERN SOUTHERN DENMARK)• SAXON (COASTLANDS OF MODERN GERMANY)• JUTES (MODERN MAINLAND DENMARK)• BY 600 CE, GERMANIC SPEECH OF ENGLANDHAS BECOME UNIQUE FROM CONTINENTALGERMANIC LANGUAGES.
II. ANGLO SAXON CULTURE (449-1066)• CULTURE (GERMANIC TRIBES EITHER DROVE OUT THE NATIVES ORMIXED WITH THEM)• KINSHIP• LORDSHIP• COMITATUS• HEROIC VIRTUES• COURAGE - ABSOLUTE AND RECKLESS)• HONOR – AIM IS GLORY, THE FAME OF A “GOOD NAME”• LOYALTY TO ONE’S CHIEFTAN• PROWESS IN BATTLE• DRINKING AT A FEAST
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