WEEK III WORDS etc
PALIMPSEST
ETHELBERT of Kent
BEDE      WITAN (Wise Men)         DOOMS = LEGES = law "codes"
EASTER    EOSTRE      PASCHA         PESACH (Passover)
ANGLES (fr Angeln)         GENS  
BRETWALDA / BRYTENWEALDA
PAULINUS         AIDAN            IONA         K. OSWIU OF NORTHUMBRIA (after R. HUMBER to its South)
SYNOD OF WHITBY 664
WILFRID            PETER'S PENCE            PALLIUM (special cloak of archbishop, only obtainable from Pope)
THEODORE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY           
WILLIBRORD               BONIFACE            ARNULFING FAMILY = CAROLINGIAN KINGS OF FRANCIA
ALCUIN              CATHEDRA(L)            SEE            DIOCESE
APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION           
EREMETICAL (HERMITS) & COENOBITIC (CONVENTS) "RELIGIOUS" MONKS
OBLATES            MONASTIC HOURS      OPUS DEI  (God's Work = the LITURGY)
DOUBLE MONASTERIES         RULE OF ST. BENEDICT (6th c.)         BENEDICTINE
OE MYNSTER = Latin MONASTERIUM => MONASTERY
BEOWULF
DIPLOMA               FOLKLAND      BOOKLAND            CHANCERY            ANATHEMA            SAINTS' RELICS
CORONATION            PIPPIN OF FRANCIA            ETHELBALD & OFFA KINGS OF "MERCIAN SUPREMACY"
TRINODA NECESSITAS  the 3 common burdens reserved in charter grants to the Church, army, bridge and fortification service
OFFA'S DYKE

ALFRED & HIS JEWEL.     BUT DID HE REALLY BURN THE CAKES?
POWER / AUTHORITY      GOVERNMENT / ADMINISTRATION / RULE(R)
VIKING

GREGORY THE GREAT AND THE ANGLES IN THE SLAVE MARKET
(Bede, Ecclesiastical History, ii. 1)

Nor is the account of St. Gregory, which has been handed down to us by the tradition of our ancestors, to be passed by in silence, in relation to his motives for taking such interest in the salvation of our nation. It is reported, that some merchants, having just arrived at Rome on a certain day, exposed many things for sale in the marketplace, and abundance of people resorted thither to buy: Gregory himself went with the rest, and, among other things, some boys were set to sale, their bodies white, their countenances beautiful, and their hair very fine. Having viewed them, he asked, as is said, from what country or nation they were brought? and was told, from the island of Britain, whose inhabitants were of such personal appearance. He again inquired whether those islanders were Christians, or still involved in the errors of paganism? and was informed that they were pagans. Then fetching a deep sigh from the bottom of his heart, "Alas! what pity," said he, "that the author of darkness is possessed of men of such fair countenances; and that being remarkable for such graceful aspects, their minds should be void of inward grace." He therefore again asked, what was the name of that nation? and was answered, that they were called Angles. "Right," said he, for they have an Angelic face, and it becomes such to be co-heirs with the Angels in heaven. What is the name," proceeded he, "of the province from which they are brought?" It was replied, that the natives of that province were called Deiri. "Truly are they De ira," said he, "withdrawn from wrath, and called to the mercy of Christ. How is the king of that province called?" They told him his name was Ælla: and he, alluding to the name said, "Hallelujah, the praise of God the Creator must be sung in those parts."


2 RIDDLES (Exeter Book, nos. 43, 23)

Ic on wincle gefrægn    weaxan nathwæt,

 

I heard of something rising in a corner,

 

þindan ond þunian,     þecene hebban;

 

Swelling and standing up, lifting its cover.

 

on þæt banlease     bryd grapode,

 

The proud-hearted bride grabbed at that boneless

 

hygewlonc hondum,     hrægle þeahte

 

Wonder with her hands; the prince's daughter

 

þrindende þing    þeodnes dohtor.

5

Covered that swelling thing with a swirl of cloth.

5

Ic eom wunderlicu wiht,     wifum on hyhte,

 

I am a wonderful help to women,

 

neahbuendum nyt.     Nængum sceþþe

 

The hope of something to come. I harm

 

burgsittendra     nymþe bonan anum.

 

No citizen except my slayer.

 

Staþol min is steapheah;     stonde ic on bedde,

 

Rooted I stand on a high bed.

 

neoþan ruh nathwær.     Neþeð hwilum 

5

I am shaggy below. Sometimes the beautiful

5

ful cyrtenu     ceorles dohtor,

 

Peasant's daughter, an eager-armed,

 

modwlonc meowle,     þæt heo on mec gripeð,

 

Proud woman grabs my body,

 

ræseð mec on reodne,     reafað min heafod,

 

Rushes my red skin, holds me hard,

 

fegeð mec on fæsten.     Feleþ sona

 

Claims my head. The curly-haired

 

mines gemotes     seo þe mec nearwað,

10

Woman who catches me fast will feel

10

wif wundenlocc--     wæt bið þæt eage.

 

Our meeting. Her eye will be wet.