Anglo-Saxon History
Across
- 2. experienced a Golden Age while Europe was in warfare
- 4. responsible for learning and preserving literary works
- 5. an aspect of life that was just as valued as hunting, farming, fighting, and loving
- 7. used by Druids for ceremonies revolving around the solstice and equinox
- 10. valued members important to warriors
- 11. lower Anglo-Saxon societal class
- 13. Celtic belief that spirits could be found in rivers, tree, stones, ponds, fire, and thunder
- 14. origin of the legal and political system most imitated today
- 16. owed to a leader for fame, success, and survival
- 18. ended women's rights in 1066
- 20. responsible for uniting the kingdoms of Britain into one nation
Down
- 1. aspect of Anglo-Saxon life centered around bravery, loyalty, generosity, and friendship
- 3. depended on the bards to ensure they lived on in poetry
- 6. the religion that slowly took hold, causing the Celtic religion to fade
- 8. people who had a highly developed religion, mythology, and legal system
- 9. higher Anglo-Saxon societal class
- 12. converted Ireland to Christianity in 432
- 15. land or money potential husbands offered to Anglo-Saxon women
- 17. earliest known invaders of Britain
- 19. led the Romans in an invasion of Great Britain in 55 B.C.