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.: rollover flashcards: Old English Key Concepts 2015–2016 :.

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A long embroidered cloth from 1070s Norman England visually depicting the Norman Conquest : Bayeux Tapestry
Roman Britain, c. 43 CE–c. 410 CE : Britannia
A state governed under heavy influence of a more powerful state : Client state
An independent, Scandinavian-ruled territory in northern England from 886 until 954; in the intervening period, the northern territories were gradually won back by the House of Wessex : Danelaw
The North Sea Germanic language family: Old Frisian, Old English, Old Saxon : Ingvaeonic
A decorative style, found in the visual arts and especially in the metalwork of early medieval northern Europe, involving intertwining ribbons, often terminating in animal heads : Interlace
The practice of identifying foreign deities with approximate Roman equivalents, e.g. reading Mercury for Wodan : Interpretatio romana
A religion based on individual salvation : Universal religion