Week 7: Reset and Post-Norman Conquest
Month: September 2019
Report 1 Final Draft
No class Friday. Please go ahead and make sure you go ahead and begin reading Ch. 6 for discussion on Monday.
We will talk more about going forward after our Exam and Reading Quizes.
Make sure you turn in Final Draft of Report 1 to Moodle by 11:59 PM on Friday.
Norman Conquest
- End of Anglo-Saxon England and End of Old English Dominance
Map of England in 1066
Edward the Confessor dies in January and throne taken by Harold Godwinson.
Harold Godwinson’s rule challenged by William of Normandy and his own brother Tostig Godwinson with Viking King of Sweeden, Harold Hardrada (hard ruler).
Harold Godwinson defeats and kills Harold Hardrada and Tostig at Stamford Bridge in September.
September, William is finally able to cross the channel and lands at Pevensey.
Battle of Hastings, October 14, 1066.
Christmas 1066, William of Normandy crowned in London.
Ten Minute History: 1066 and the Norman Conquest
Week 6: Normans and the End of Old English
Week 5: Influences in Old English and End of Anglo-Saxon England
Link to Chapter Summary Assignment and Template
Anglo-Saxon Literature: Part 1 and 2
Readings in Old English
Fæder ūre þū þe eart on heofonum; sī þīn nama ġehālgod, tōbecume þīn rīċe, ġewurþe ðīn willa, on eorðan swā swā on heofonum. Ūrne ġedæġhwāmlīcan hlāf syle ūs tō dæġ, and forgyf ūs ūre gyltas, swā swā wē forgyfað ūrum gyltendum, and ne ġelǣd þū ūs on costnunge, ac ālȳs ūs of yfele. Sōþlīċe.
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our offenses, as we forgive our offenders, and lead us not to temptation, but free us from evil. Truly.
History of the English Language 