BEOWULF - 3^C LINGUISTICO

Here you can find a very detailed analysis of this Anglo-Saxon epic poem. Click here to download a PDF presentation to revise it.

STUDYING ENGLISH LITERATURE - 3^C LINGUISTICO

ROMAN BRITAIN - 3^C LINGUISTICO

From Julius Caesar’s first landing on the shoreline of England in 55BC to the famous "Look to your own defences" letter of AD410, the Romans played an important part in British history for over 400 years.  Read here.

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/story-of-england/romans/

https://www.history.org.uk/primary/resource/3851/roman-britain-a-brief-history

WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR

William I of England, better known as William the Conqueror, overcame a difficult childhood to become one of the most influential kings in British history.  Read 10 facts about the man and his rise to power here.

https://www.medievalchronicles.com/medieval-kings-2/norman-kings/william-the-conqueror/

HADRIAN'S WALL - 3^C LINGUISTICO

Hadrian’s Wall is the remains of stone fortifications built by the Roman Empire following its conquest of Britain in the second century A.D. The original structure stretched more than 70 miles across the northern English countryside from the River Tyne near the city of Newcastle and the North Sea, west to the Irish Sea. Hadrian’s Wall included a number of forts as well as a ditch designed to protect against invading troops. The remnants of a stone wall are still visible in many places. Read here. 

https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-rome/hadrians-wall

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/hadrians-wall/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hadrians-Wall

THE ORIGINS AND THE MIDDLE AGES

FROM THE ORIGINS TO THE MIDDLE AGES

ANCIENT  BRITAIN

THE MIDDLE AGES

BEOWULF

CHAUCER

FROM THE ORIGINS TO THE MIDDLE AGES - THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

REVISING BEOWULF - 3^C LINGUISTICO

Here you can find my previous post about Beowulf, the longest epic poem in Old English, the language spoken in Anglo-Saxon England before the Norman Conquest. More than 3,000 lines long, Beowulf relates the exploits of its hero, and his successive battles with a monster named Grendel, with Grendel’s revengeful mother, and with a dragon which was guarding a hoard of treasure. 
Here you can download a PDF presentation.

It is to be noted that there are many similarities between J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Beowulf.  

Tolkien uses many concepts found in Beowulf.  In fact, he was a professor of Anglo-Saxon, and an expert on the Anglo-Saxon epic poem. Read here.

ANCIENT BRITAIN - 3^C LINGUISTICO

Stonehenge

The Celts 

The Romans in Britain 

An overview of Roman Britain 

Ancient Britain PDF presentation 

ANCIENT BRITAIN

Here you can download a PDF presentation of ancient Britain.  

Now let's watch a short video which explores the Norman Conquest of 1066, the Battle of Hastings, and the imposition of Norman power on Saxon England.