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* Ofiginal inhabitants of Britain from Iron Age, , Iron Age roughly from 800 BC to 100 AD, when Romanization was, complete as, , poeta, , Spoke Celtic languages, called “Britain” or Brythonic, , Society had class structure (Druids were the priestly learned class,, like Brahmins), , Many striking connections have been found between the cultures of, , ancient ‘Yedic India and the Celtic people, pointing to the fact that, these seemingly different cultures split from each other., , Celtic languages and cultures survive today in Ireland, Scotland,, Weles. and Brittany (Breton, Cornish, Scottish, Gaelic, Irish, Welsh), , , , —— —_—_—____—— —_——, , Capynght andy Barrow, , , , , , Celtic House, , Celtic tribes lived in scattered villages. They lived in round houses with, AI The | ett etons oe heather. The walls of their houses were made from local, , ieee aap ite, , 8/21, , 12, , 2s, , , , Early British History \, , le Oe ry |, , , , 300s B.C. A.D. 449 A.D. 1066 “~~”, Celts in Britain Anglo-Saxon Norman, Invasion Invasion, 55 B.C-A.D.409 A.D.878, Roman Occupation King Alfred, against, the Danes, 49°399 = A.Din A: = =| AD. =>, B.C. 1 300 600 900 1200, , A.D, 400-699, Spread of Christianity, , Ge tos, , , , , , , , , , Read more about the Celts at:, http://www. ibiblio.org/gaelic/celts.html, , , , , , , , , , * “Celtic Knots": a variety of (mostly endless), knots and stylized graphical representations, of knots used for decoration, adopted by the, , | ancient Celts.
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A Celtic Cross, , , , , , , , , , 8/21/2013, , Sy old Geom mm 8Ro), , Apa- chaest, ( AD 0 - of Chic., , The Roman conquest of Britain was a gradual process., Juli ,, , ., , , , , , ° iti to Britain—, 55 and 54 BC _, + Britain had diplomatic and trade links with Rome since |, then, + Romans under Emperor Claudius invaded Britain in AD, 43; invasion ended in the AD 80s, ee, + Britain became “Britannia”, a province of the Roman, Empire, —————— . ., + Roman Empire became very powerful in the subsequent, centuries, ees, , , , , , , , , , : Empire divided into Western Roman Empire and Eastern, , Roman Empire, + Economic decline and barbarian invasions in Western, , Roman Empire at the end of 4"" century AD, + Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire = GV ol $s, — Book by Edward Gibbon published in 6 volumes in 1776-89, , OD, —_—_, — Covers the history of the Roman Empire, = te and the, , , , , Catholic Church 4, — Discusses the decline of the Wes oman Empire (in 4", cent )a in 14. allo, Stantinople) AL, , + End of Roman rule in about 410A, , * Christian historian Augustine of Hippo says Rome, brought the downfall upon itself by its own corruption, , , , , , , , , , , , en ee, , , , |, , , , , , bu, Rowe ae ew kon, K vw lA pk - Ku (wad), , psy a., here ., , * Britain was looked upon as a, , goddess (like Bharat Mata), , « Aclassical female figure who, personifies the British Isles, , , , * Wear a trident, a shield anda, Corinthian helmet, , trudunt - Dishso\, , , , Astatue in Plymouth
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Statue of King Arthur, , When did he live? 5% or 6th, century?, , , , , , + Heptarchy 600-800 AD, , — Seven kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxons, , , , = This division was made later, in the 12" century AD, , , , — Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Sussex,, Wessex, Kent, , . In 8% and 9" centuries AD, persistent Danish (Vikings from, Scandinavia) attacks on Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, , | Worn of Honkvalon prspeacd, 2CAD, Hrark Jane We luptorca, , , , , , SS, ! ~<dinm, Vow loll, pans, oY ep a, , pene wn er:, , Anglo-Saxon Harp, , , , , , 8/21/2013, , Uvdd fo ee ee roan bebo, 9 OPtrn Tee Ns — Wynn), , = ee Oe |, , * Inthe Middle AgPs. Arthur became an international figure;, Arthurian legends appeared in English and French, , + Important elements of these legends: t), — Knights of Arthur's Round table per oA Ce vall Cav tc, , — His sword Excalibur? anarhr mK OV C oO Harr rape), , — Arthur's wife Guinevere and her lover Launcelot, , — Perceval and the quest for the Holy Grail |, ; (ove ald, , — The love of Tristan and Iseult —7 ttit, Ee, — Arthur's final battle against Mordred at Camiann, , — His final rest in Avalon cd by), , * Formore on Arthurian Literature, see Appendix of this chapter., , , , , , , , , , vAnglossaxoripetiod =|, , * Society: kinship groups led by strong warrior chief, * English emerged as a written language, , + People valued earthly virtues of bravery, loyalty,, generosity, and friendship Cc, b MBPs (cops) Strut med the harp and sang of, heroic deeds of warriors who thus gained, immortality, , + Their pagan religions offered no hope of an afterlife — Jus, , uw, , t, , ns, , v Onkt, WN &, , i, , peslellicat: Pot * hag 0 F Hoe Lat t, , , , Co|, , , , Step freiny Nee Aa, Uae, , , , Areconstructed Anglo-Saxon home located in, West Stow in Sussex, England, , 4
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= FF #, , an?, , ue ae, , * 7 century hey |, . Reconstrug,, hundreds Of copa, |, , iron fragments, , 4, , , , , , , , , , , , , , * Located in Woodban|, Suffolk, England, , , , * Discovered in 1939, , * Burial ship Of an Ange, Saxon Kin, , _—, , * Burial site contained, items of solid gold ant, 37 gold coins, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ‘The Spread of Christianity”, , * Christian monks first itai i, ci reached Britain during the Roman, , Around AD 400, * Christian monks Settie in Britain, , ' Christianity and Anglo-Sa, ON Culture, By the year 550, the native Br Ed, , and the, within their Culture, prep be
