Anglo saxon period

Celtics practied “Arish” from the Latin word for “spirt”

-spirt lived in all trhings-animals, rocks, trees, etc

Under rome, Celtic Anishism began to be replaced by Chrisitanity through European missionaries.

Rome left a destabilized gov

-British isles ppl broke back into tribes and clans

Irish and European missonaries revieve chrisitanity

Chrisitanity more stronyly uites ppl of England

Some connect the Geats to catribe of sates

Fame, success, and survival were results of follwing a good lear

-leaders ruled mostly by consusses and a gorup debate was encourgead

-success measurued by gifts leaders gave their ppl

-dragon (assocaiated w treasure and clan leaders)

Bards and poets (called scoops) were consideered manly and valued

-They entered trioooped in the hall

-recored hsitory

-made or destoreyded a leader’s fame

w not real afterlife, fame was the only immortality and poest were the ones to fame

momnasateereis kept chrisitanity alive alongsiht the heritic tradtions of the anglo-saxons

-moks reorded these traditons and poems

someitmes chritantes themes

old english poety was song or recited