大3上学期英美概况BritishHistory.pptVIP

CONTENT Gaius Julius Caesar I came, I conquered Hardian’s Wall, civil districts（民政区） and military districts（军事区） Influence of the Roman Conquest Roman civilization: fine buildings/ new roads and new ways to cultivate the land/ government system. 1.1.4 The Anglo-Saxon Invasion (5th—8th Century) Germanic people (the Jutes from Jutland, Angles from South of Denmark and Saxons from Germany) English (language of the Angles) dominant language (old English) The living area became larger. a famous legendary person: King Arthur and his “round table” Roman Christianity St. Augustine brings Christianity to Britain from Rome and becomes Archbishop of Canterbury In about 7 century/ the Heptarchy(七国）：East Anglia, Kent, Essex, Sussex, Northumbria, Wessex and Mercia) King Arthur and his Excalibur The Round Table The large wooden table in the Great Hall at Winchester dates from no earlier than the thirteenth century, when it may have been made at the command of King Edward III 1.1.5 Danish Invasion (8th Century—1066) the Vikings (from the Scandinavian countries: Norway, Denmark and Sweden) Alfred the Great, king of Wessex The warring period / lead the people fight back enemies. A peace treaty: the eastern and northern part of the island was to be subject to the Danish law and come to be known as the Danelaw ( at the battle of Wedmore) The Father of the British Navy From 1016 to 1042, under the rule of Danish kings. In 1042, the English throne was returned to the Anglo-Saxons Prose literature King Edward Westminster Abbey and Poet’s corner Jeffery Chaucer, the first distinguished poet buried there. The Norman Conquest Origin: northern France Its country--- Normandy The Norman Conquer England in 1066 ■ the war between William and Harold in 1066 ■ the death of Edward ■ the battle of Hastings ■ William the conqueror, the first Anglo-Norman King. In 1066, Edward chose Harold of Wessex to be King in his place. Duke William, often referred to as William