Friday, August 21, 2009

Evaluation

Which single event reported in this section do you believe is the most important and why?

20 comments:

  1. The single most important event that is reported in this section was when Britain became part of the Roman Empire. The Romans introduced many different aspect of life to them. They introduced "cities, fine stone roads, written scholarship, and eventually Christianity" (pg 19, The Language of Literature). Because of these events, it changed the Britain culture forever. According to literature, they now have written storied that can be passed down easily. Therefore, it has helped us to understand Britain literature.

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  2. In my opinion the event that was the most important was the spread of christianity. Out of all the events that occured this was really the only positive one. All of the other events that occured during the ancient and medieval may havehad some positive effects, but they also had a negative effect on the people. For instance the decline of fuedalism.The towns grew and wealth was no longer based excluslively on land ownership,but as a result there was crowding and that resulted in poor sanitation conditions. The spread of christianity only helped the people in the ancient times.

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  3. I believe the most important event in the Anglo-Saxon/Medieval text was the creation of the Magna Carta. Because the Magna Carta limited the royal authority of the King by granting more power to the barons. Which started the kingdom on the path to democracy. And its also important because the Magna Carta is a basis to many important documents in the world today like the Constitution.

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  4. The event in which I believe is most important would have to be the hundred years' war. simply because "the war it's self had many famous episodes"(pg26,language of literature book). those famous episodes included henry V's great victory over the French.also the event is most important to me because of all England's loses after the war.

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  5. The most important event of this section was the growth of christianity. Christianity is the spark of British Literature as well as many important writings. Because of this religion, the vikings ceased caos on North Umbrias.Chrisianity sparked many fuels, however it contributed alot of great things such as temperment and peace.

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  6. I believe the growth of christianity was the single most important event in this section. The first grievance was that "The English Church shall be free and shall have her whole rights and her liberties inviolable.(pg. 33. American Government). "The Magna Carter displayed what its formulators as Christians expected of the King and his subjects regarding civic liberties"(Schmidt 251).

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  7. The event i believe is most important is when,Beowulf travled the dangerous seas to meet Hrothgar. I believe this is important becaue it shows the willingness to help a in friend need. Despite risking your own life. In those times people depended on one another for numerous things, such as survival,shelter, food and water.

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  8. After reading over teh section, I believe the most important point would be Britian sucumming to the Roman Empire. The Romans help to pave the way to a new way of life, as well as their roads. City life became the main move, along with new roads and scolars. From such a dramatic chance, I believe the Britain society took a sharp left turn into new reason and change.

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  9. I believe the most important event reported in this section is the decline of feudalism. As feudalism declined, medieval towns grew as a result of the growing power of the commom folk. As mentioned in this section, "towns were becoming centers of commerce, [and] universities were becoming England's chief centers of learning"(pg.25). With these universities, individuals could share ideas, and learn off of one another. This in turn created a new era, when "13th-century scholars like Roger Bacon advanced the study of science and mathematics"(pg.25).

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  10. In my opinion the signing of the Magna Carta was a significant event and the beginning of democracy. Where as before there economic system was based on the king owning all the land, now the king has limited authority. This set the stage for the beginning of a new era.

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  11. The single most important event that is reported in this section was the fifth-century invaders eventually united into a nation called England, their closely related Germanic dialects evolved over time into a distinct language calledEnglish. the most valuable characteristic language, however, was its ability to change and grow, adopting new words as the need arose. by Louima Wilson

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  12. I think the single most important event in this section was the decline of feudalism. Unfortunately, this brought people closer together, making them more susceptible to diseases; however, guilds, or trade organizations. were able to thrive with more members. University studies were able to broaden and elaborate its teachings, bringing up great minds like John Wycliffe. Thanks to his efforts to end church corruption, it laid grounds for Martin Luther, who reformed the roman catholic church, ending things such as indulgences.

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  13. I believe that the most important event mentioned in the text was the invasion and eventual victory of the Germanic tribes such as the Angles and Saxons. The following Anglo-Saxon period would lead to the development of old English, and eventually modern English. Before America, Australia, or New Zealand, the British Isles were the only place in the world where English was spoken. So many other events would have happened totally different or not happened at all if the British did not speak English.

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  14. The single most important event in Anglo-Saxon history was the Danish Viking invasions. The Vikings were the catalyst to the Anglo-Saxon equation, in that, their arrival thrust Briton into the Medieval time period after William of Normandy was crowned King. This was also an important event because forcing the Vikings to accept Christianity, also spread Christianity back on the mainland of Normandy and soon, all throughout France.

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  15. The spread of Christianity was the most important section.Christianity ruled the Medieval Period and frightened its followers which led to many of the anonymous works of art. The majority of the art was about Christianity and the belief of the Catholic Church. The art of the past periods were made on stories, religion, or fascination but in the Medieval Period the art was controlled by the artist’s religion.

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  16. The Magna Carta's impact on British society was so great that it is hard to discount its importance in this section. The Carta was the first real attempt made to rein in the power of the royals and make life fairer for everyone under the monarch's rule, and it was explicitly used as an inspiration for the American Declaration of Independence - without it, there might not be an America as we know it today.

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  17. I consider the signing of the Magna Carta to be of utmost importance concerning it's brobdingnagian role in democracy there, limited authority of the king, as was unmistakably intended by the barons who, in a manner, forced the occurrence, and it's contribution to revolution in the standards and development of governmental structure and ground-breaking legal documents of history.

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  18. The fact that Julius Caesar lays claim to Britain was the single event reported in this section that one believes is most important. Only because he proved himself to be a man of his word and later conquered Britain and introduced Christianity to them. Even after the Romans lost power, Chritianity never completely died out in the British Isles.

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  19. The most important event was the fall of feudalism. Under the feudal system, mant of the people were oppressed and forced to live as surfs, taught to believe that their lord had the devine right to rule. They were not educated and they would live under the same poor conditions for their entire lives since moving up the social ladder was almost impossible. When feudalism declined, towns were formed and became centeres of trade and commerce. This gave the once poor people their own source of income. Universities also thrived, leading to more people becoming educated. these two aspects combined gave everyone almost equal chances at advancing in society. The striving effort to do so also lead to a surplus of food from farmers selling to the markets, which eventually caused a boom in population and the over all growth of society.

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  20. One May believe that the most important event mentioned in the text was the invasion and victory of the Germanic tribes such as the Angles and Saxons. The following Anglo-Saxon period would lead to the development of old English, and modern English. Before America, Australia,the British Isles were the only place in the world where English was spoken. So many other events would have happened differently or not happened at all if the British did not speak English.

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