HON 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ship Burial, Scriptorium, John Cassian
20 Dec 2017
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General notes on england"s conquerors three men lead armies into parts of britain and settled: The -sex suffix in wessex, sussex, essex stands for. Saxon , indicating those regions were ruled by the saxons. Eventually there are seven kingdoms in england. Each dialect had distinct differences but were similar enough to allow communication between the kingdoms. Brief note on literary legends and their origins. Robin hood was a german speaking saxon, fighting against french speaking rulers. English comes from german, which is why his stories translated to. He stands as a hero against the rich and against the french. The historical man king arthur was based on was probably a man named. King arthur could also be based on a roman named ambrosius. The arthurian mythology comes back in the 12th century, but this time arthur is a briton king descended from the welsh. Vortigern was a briton, native to the english regions.
