英国文学课件 lit1 Beowulf1.pptVIP

BeowulfandtheAnglo-SaxonWorld

TheRomanConquest:FirstknowledgecomesfromtheconqueringofBritainbyJuliusCaesarinfirstcenturyB.C..Romansbeganleavingaround400A.D.becauseofthreatsathome.TheEnglishConquest:Around450,Germanictribes—Angles,Saxons,andJutes—conqueredmostoftheisland.Tribalname“Angl(i)I”apparentlygaveEnglanditsname.“Britain”comesfromthenameoftheCelticspeakingpeoples—”Britons.”BeginningsofBritishCulture

The“Britons”hadbeenChristianizedtosomeextentbytheRomans,sinceRomehadbecomeChristianbythe4thcenturyA.D.