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Old English (450-1150 A.D.) and the Anglo-Saxon Period (449-1066 A.D.) The Language and the Literature

Three Periods of English Language Development ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Language ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Stone Age ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Paleolithic ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Neolithic ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Celts ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Romans in England ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Roman influence ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Germanic Conquest ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Celtic Shut Out ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Anglo-Saxon Civilization ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ England” and “English” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Old English Dialects ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Old English example ,[object Object]

Flexibility and Derivation mod “ heart, mind, spirit, courage” modig “ spirited, arrogant” modiglic “ magnanimous” gemodod “ disposed, minded”

Modern English lacks the flexibility of Old English. The tendency is to borrow/assimilate rather than adapt our own words.

The Literature ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Literary Performance ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Christianity ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

“ From the fury of the Northmen, O Lord, deliver us.” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Alfred the Great ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Norman Conquest ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Beowulf ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Beowulf as a record ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Other Old English Literature ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Verse Vs. Prose ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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