Anglo-Saxon Age

King Alfred (848-899) After defending his kingdom against the Vikings, Alfred became a dominant ruler in England Alfred is known as ‘King Alfred the Great’ Alfred took the task

Epic Beowulf (1000AD) The earliest and greatest epic Authorship unknown 3,200 lines Written in West Saxon dialect Teutonic epic poem (Teutons or Germans) No actual Anglo-Saxon character is celebrated

Bede First great scholar Known as “the father of our English Learning” Works: a) Ecclesiastical History of the English People b) Written in Latin in about 731 AD Prose

 Introduction Beginning point of Old English Literature Anglo-Saxon denotes two of the 3 Germanic tribes: Angles Saxons Jutes Name Name Meaning Suggest Angul or Ongul Hook Their fishing or