Danish invasion and the age of alfred

DANISH INVADERS AND THE AGE OF ALFREDBonaobra, Cyrene Anne L.

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The Danish Invasion of 892

A large Danish army was defeated by Arnulf, king of the East Franks.

The beaten army made its way to Boulogne, and the following year (892), in a fleet of 250 ships, crossed the Channel

King Arnulf

ALFRED THE GREATKING FROM 871-901 A.D.

ALFRED THE GREAT

The fate of all England hung in the balance, until at last they were checked by the steadfast heroism of King Alfred. (Battle of Edington)

It was after this battle that Alfred made his famous treaty with the Danes, the Peace of Chippenham, 878.

Under this, all through a great tract of England was surrendered to the invaders; Alfred retained all of Southern and part of Middle England.

Old English poetry

Two styles or fields of reference;Heroic GermanicChristian

Old English poetry was an oral craft that was preformed by a scop and accompanied by a harp.

Old English Poetry

Old English PoetsAlfred the GreatCaedmon

Cædmon's Hymn is the oldest recorded Old English poem, and also one of the oldest surviving samples of Germanic alliterative verse.

Caedmon

•Bede•Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of the English People)• It is believed to have been completed in 731, when Bede was approximately 59 years old.

Bede

CynewulfThe Fates of the Apostles and Elene

One of the Anglo-Saxon poets known by name, and one of four whose work survives today.

Cynewulf

Alfred the Great

Old English translations of Gregory's Pastoral Care and Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy.

Alfred is also thought to be the author of 50 metrical psalms.

Gregory's Pastoral Care• A handbook for the clergy, the shepherds of the people, intended to guide them in their duties

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

Begun under King Alfred late in the ninth century and carried on by various writers in a number of monasteries.

“First Great Book in English Prose”.

The record begins with 60 B.C. and closes with 1154.

Alfred and his helpers revised older minor chronicles and records and wrote firsthand accounts of their own times.

Consolations of Philosophy Written around 524 by Boethius

Single most important and influential work in the West on Medieval and early Renaissance Christianity.

Last great Western work of the Classical Period.