Questions

BEOWULF AND THE LORD OF THE RINGS

• What is Beowulf?
• What is a hero for the Anglo-Saxons?
• How the characterization in Beowulf contribute to provide an idea about the Anglo-Saxon word?
• How is the setting built?
• What are the most important Anglo-Saxon values?
• How represent Grendel in the poem Beowulf?
• In which aspect are Beowulf and the Lord of the Rings similar?
• What is the Lord of the Rings?
• What are the forces of good and evil in the novel?
• What elements of magic are presented in the novel?
• Why is magic so important?
• In which ways does the Lord of the Rings remind us of an Anglo-Saxon word?

THE VIKING ATTACKS

• Who were the Vikings?
• Where the Vikings come from?
• Why they began to invade Britain in 793?
• Why they attack violently Britain?
• What is Danegeld?
• What was the rule of Christianity?

THE NORMAN INVASION

• Who was Edward the Confessor?
• What was the rule of Christianity in the Middle Ages?
• What happens after Edward’s dead?
• Who were the Normans?
• Who was William the Conqueror?
• What marks the date of 1066?
• What was the reason behind the Norman invasion?
• How did the Normans defeat the English?
• Did the local population promptly accept the Normans?
• What changes did Norman rule bring?
• From the cultural point of view, what changes did the Normans bring?
• After the Norman conquest, how did the society organize?

THE DOMESDAY BOOK

• Do you know what the Domesday Book was?
• Why it was created?
• Why it is called the Domesday Book?
• What the Domesday Book reveal about the impact of the Normans in England?
• Why it is so important for understand today’s culture?
• Nowadays do you still serve census?