History of English презентация

The Place of English
What family does English belong to?
What other languages belong to the same group?

Other big language families are:
Sino-Tibetan
Niger-Congo
Dravidian
Turkic

Try to guess the origin of the following words:
Now try to order the language-sources chronologically
What can we conclude about the general history of Great Britain?

British Prehistory and History, Proportions
British Prehistory, 29,000 years
British History, 2,000 years
Paleolithic, 19,000 years
Mesolithic, 5-6,000 years
Neolithic, 1,5 – 2,000 years
Bronze Age, 1,5 – 2,000 years
Iron Age, 500 years

Roman Empire
Romanized Celts
Anglo-Saxons
Scandinavians + Anglo-Saxons
Normans
Normans +French + English
English
43 AD
409
437
799
1066
1154

Anglo-Saxon conquest of Britain

The Saxons - North-West Germany.
The Angles - Angeln in South-West Denmark.
Jutes -Jutland in Central Denmark.

Great Britain in 400 - 600

Great Britain and Ireland c. 700

Political and administrative institutions
The king (bretwalda)
king’s council (Witan) - chose a king from the late king’s family (until 11th century)
Anglo-Saxon king with his witan

Anglo-Saxons, 5th-10th centuries

Futharc script

Early Celtic Christian Monastery in Ireland
Glendalough. 6th – 10th centuries

Celtic Crosses

Iona Abbey, founded by St. Columba in 563

Christianization of Anglo-Saxons
St. Augustine preaching before king
Ethelbert of Kent

Illuminated book.
Insular Script (Gospel of Mark, Book of Durrow)