.: rollover flashcards: Old English Key Concepts 2015–2016 :.
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| The North Sea Germanic language family: Old Frisian, Old English, Old Saxon | Ingvaeonic |
| 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 |
| A state governed under heavy influence of a more powerful state | Client state |
| 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 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 |
| A religion based on individual salvation | Universal religion |
| The practice of identifying foreign deities with approximate Roman equivalents, e.g. reading Mercury for Wodan | Interpretatio romana |