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The Old English Period (1 gen 428 anni – 1 gen 1066 anni)

Descrizione:

Even called as Anglo Saxon, anglo means England in Latin, Saxon was a type of people living in England. It's a West Germanic dialect. Around the year 450 AD Vikings invaded the island of England.

vikings/old Norse impact
core vocabulary, town names.

Germanic tribes Angles, Saxons, Jutes (Göta)

Beowulf is the oldest epic written in Old English.
It has over 3000 lines about a hero from southern Sweden who fights monsters to bring safety to his own and other people.

Aggiunto al nastro di tempo:

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Data:

1 gen 428 anni
1 gen 1066 anni
~ 638 years