History of Medieval England - Thursday 6th Period: Discussion 1: Introduction and Pre-history to 500

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

Good afternoon, class. Now I get to torture you all by making you all stand up and introduce yourselves to your classmates. This is because I'm sadistic want to get you used to the concept of talking during our discussion sessions. Please give your name and what one thing you'd like to find out in this class.

Your homework, due next Tuesday but to be posted in this post is to pick a topic from the once-optional-now-mandatory reading list I gave you on Prehistoric Britain and Roman Britain and give me ETA a minimum of one hundred Wikipedia words on it. Got it? Good.

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Re: DISCUSSION 3: General Medieval English History Questions

[lovelylana.livejournal.com]

"Frilford was a religious centre surrounding an important walled pagan complex, possibly containing as many as five temples. There were certainly at least two: one circular apparently with a sacred fire at its centre, the other of the more usual Celtic arcaded-cell type. Immediately to the east has been discovered a huge amphitheatre which was probably used for religious ceremonies rather than gladiatorial shows. A second religious settlement surrounded a temple on Weycock Hill in Waltham St. Lawrence parish. Finds have led to the suggstion that this vast octagonal building may have been dedicated to the Roman goddess Vesta."