Was Anglo-Saxon England a 'golden age'
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- Created on: 23-10-18 22:50
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- Was Anglo-Saxon England a 'golden age'
- VALUE OF WOMAN
- valued more than expected
- more rights
- in charge of household and money
- can divorce if husband committed adultery
- could own land (they owned 5%)
- same value of wergilds
- more rights
- valued more than expected
- VALUE OF LIFE
- taken seriously
- however, depended on your place in society
- less money for killing Welsh man
- king - 18,000ceorl - 120
- high value for preventing man from having children or pregnant woman
- however, depended on your place in society
- taken seriously
- FEUDAL SYSTEM
- there are no equal opportunities
- everything depends on where you at the pyramid
- no way/hard to shift to upppeer class in the system
- ART
- Some of the finest art produced in Anglo-Saxon England involved engraving
- The Fuller Brooch:made of silver; represents five senses
- English women highly skilled at weaving with gold thread and at embroidery
- Some of the finest art produced in Anglo-Saxon England involved engraving
- LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE
- sermons, poems, biographies of saints, medical treatment or advice gramma
- SCIENCE: map of the world, informatoin about astronomy, description of far off places called 'marvels of the East'
- most famous work is poem 'Beowulf'
- history of Britain wrote in 9th century by monks
- ARCHITECTURE
- Almost all buildings created form wood, clay and straw
- Westminster Abbey
- BURHS: surronded by walls to keep community save from attack
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- VALUE OF WOMAN
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