Slide 1Beowulf Text and Context Slide 2 Beowulf ► The Old English language was mostly spoken, but it did have highly developed poetry and prose; the most famous of course,…

Slide 1Gilgamesh and Beowulf Epic Heroes Slide 2 Map of Mesopotamia ( Gilgamesh is 3,700 years old) Slide 3 Modern Iraq (for now) Slide 4 Gilgamesh Tablet In 1872, George…

Slide 1 The European Home of the Anglo-Saxons Slide 2 Anglo-Saxon England Slide 3 Bayeux Tapestry: Viking Ship Slide 4 Bayeux Tapestry: harold dux reversvs est (Chief Harold…

Slide 1 Periods of English Old English (ca. 450-1100): Beowulf 1066: Norman Conquest of England Middle English (ca. 1100-1500): Chaucer 1476: First book printed in England…

Slide 1 A History Slide 2   Old Testament : 39 books, written in Hebrew  New Testament : 27 books, written in early Greek  Apocrypha : 14 books, Greek translations…

Slide 1 University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education Week One From Civilisation To Barbarism? Western Britain in the Early Middle Ages Tutor: Dr Kirsten Jarrett…

Slide 1 The Anglo-Saxon Period 449-1066 A.D. Slide 2 A Brief History Original inhabitants of what is known as England were the Celts, the original Britons Pagan Much of their…