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Time-line of The Anglo-Saxons



             1. Literary Events.
             a. Anglo-Saxon Chronicle begun.
             b. Composition of the Poetic Edda, a famous cycle of Norse mythological poems.
             2. Cultural/Historical Events.
             a. In France, Charlemagne crowned emperor of West by Pope Leo III.
             b. Decline of great Mayan civilization in Central America.
             c. Incas build fortress-city of Machu Picchu in Peru.
             d. Algebra devised in Persia.
             e. School of Astronomy founded at Baghdad.
             f. Alfred the Great becomes king of England, forces the Danes from Wessex .
             H. 900-1066.
             1. Literary Events.
             a. Japanese court attendant Sei Shonogan writes diary, The Pillow Book.
             b. In Japan, Lady Murasaki Shikibu writes the world's first novel, The Tale of Genji.
             c. The Exeter Book, collection of English poetry, first copied.
             d. Beginnings of the Arabian tales, The Thousand and One Nights.
             2. Cultural/Historical Events.
             a. Kingdom of Ghana in Africa flourishes.
             b. High King Brian Boru drives the Danes from Ireland at the Battle of Clontarf.
             c. Normans defeat Saxons; William the Conqueror becomes English king.
             I. The Celtic Heroes and Heroines: A Magical World.
             1. Island was settled by tall blond warriors called themselves Celts, among these were a group called Brythons, who left their permanent stamp in one of the names (Britain) eventually adopted by the land they settled. The Religion of the Celts had been a form of animism, Latin word for "Spirt." They saw spirts everywhere i.e. Rivers, trees, stones, ponds, fire, and thunder. These spirits (gods) controlled all aspects of existence and had to be constantly satisfied. Priests (Druids) acted as intermediaries between the gods and the people. Ritual dances were called for and sometimes human sacrifice. .
             2. Thomas Malory's Le Morte Darthur is an example of the influence of the Celt's mythology. The story is about king who ultimately became the very embodiment of English values. William Butler Yeats was another author whose work was influenced; he used it as an attempt to make the Irish aware of their lost heroic past.


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