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LESSON ONE: How do we know about the Anglo-Saxons and Scots?When did the Anglo-Saxons and Scots invade and live in Britain?Who invaded Britain before? Who invaded after?Write down everything that you already know about the Anglo-Saxons and Scotshere:GlossaryTermDark AgesArtefactsexcavatedvenerablelegendDefinitionThe period of history during which there aren’t many written records.Objects made by people from the period being studied.Digging up artefacts that have been buried over time.Well respected, or trustworthy.A story set in actual history, but which we don’t have any evidence for. 2018 Reach Academy Feltham4 Page
Where’s the evidence?We have lots of written evidence ofwhat life was like during Roman Britain,because the Romans were so good atkeeping written records. However,after the Romans left Britain in around410 CE we don’t have much writingfrom England. We know that lots ofpeople invaded England and therewas lots of fighting, but the facts aren’tclear.1. Which of these statements ontimes?Historians know lots about AngloSaxon Britain because there are somany books from the period.Historians aren’t sure about life inAnglo-Saxon Britain because thereisn’t much written evidence.Very few people would have beenable to read and write at this time, andhistorians think that Britons were notvery organised after the Romans left.What we do know is that this seems tohave been a very bloody and violenttime, with lots of fighting. They musthad got so used to the Romans beingin charge and running everything!(People re-enacting what Anglo-Saxons peoplemight have looked like.)Sometimes this period is called theDark Ages because historians find itdifficult to be really sure about eventsthat took place. Although we don’tmuch writing, we do have somearchaeological evidence – artefactsand buildings that have beenexcavated. For example, in 2010, ahuge collection of treasure from thistime was discovered: the StaffordshireHoard.(Source: Shropshire Star)2.What do you think schoolwould be like if one day all ofthe teachers went home, andthe children were left bythemselves?Gildas the WiseOne of the peoplewho did write aboutlife in England wascalled Gildas, whowas a monk. Hewas born about ahundred years afterthe Romans left, inabout 500 CE. wassometimes knownas Gildas Sapiens(or Gildas the Wise).He wrote a book 2018 Reach Academy Feltham5 Page
called De Excidio et ConquestuBritanniae which means On the Ruinand Conquest of Britain. It was allabout the Romans and Saxons arrivingin Britain, and how the Celts living theredid such a bad job at defendingthemselves. You need to rememberthat Gildas was a Christian monk, andhe spends a whole section of the bookaccusing different Kings of lots of sins.One of the events that Gildas wroteabout was the Battle of Badon Hillwhich we will look at in lesson three.Some people think that King Arthurwas the leader of the Britons at thistime, but Gildas doesn’t mention him.There are lots of legends like KingArthur from this time. Legends arestories set in actual history, but wedon’t have any proof they reallyhappened.Do you think that Bede’s workis more or less reliable thanGildas?More reliable/Less reliableExplain your answer:Anglo-Saxon ChronicleThe last main source of writtenevidence we have about life from thefourth to the tenth century is theAnglo-Saxon Chronicle. King Alfredthe Great had the good idea to writedown a list of all of the events that hadtaken place over the last 500 years.The Venerable BedeAlthough Gildas wrote a lot about lifein Anglo-Saxon Britain, it is difficult toknow how much of it was true. He wascross with the Kings for not living likeproper Christians, and cross with theinvaders for their extreme violenceand greed.A monk who tried to more carefullywrite about the period was Bede theVenerable. He is sometimes known asthe ‘Father of English History’ becausehe wrote all about the church and thehistory of people in England. Bede alsotried to make sure that all of the thingsthat he was writing were actually trueand really took place.Bede wrote his book, an EcclesiasticalHistory of the English Peoples in about730 CE, a few hundred years afterGildas was writing.What are the three mainsources of written evidence wehave about life in Anglo Saxon Britain?1.2.3.The Anglo-Saxon period and the DarkAges are a fascinating time becauseso much seemed to be changing inBritain. But remember that it is difficultto be sure of what was happening,and when.Imagine in a thousand years,futuristic historians are trying tofind out what happened in the twentyfirst century. What evidence couldthey look at? 2018 Reach Academy Feltham6 Page
LESSON TWO: Why did Vortigen make a deal with the Anglo-Saxons?Retrieval Practice1. ‘Historians have a very good idea about what life in Anglo-Saxon England waslike.’True/False2. Name the three main written sources we have about life in Anglo-SaxonEngland:a.b.c.3. Why did the Romans leave Britain:a.b.c.d.They didn’t like the weather.Their empire was being attacked in Europe.The people in Britain were rebelling against them all of the time.It was too expensive to have such a big empire.4. Name a battle that Gildas wrote about:The Battle of5. Why are the Dark Ages called the Dark Ages?6.a. We don’t know much about what happened at this timeb. People didn’t have electricity so their homes were dark.c. There wasn’t as much sunlight so the days were darker.d. Everyone wore dark clothing.GlossaryTermDefinitiontribe A community of people who live and work together, with a commonleader.barbarian Tribes who fought against the Roman empire, mostly from Germany andnorthern Europe.Picts The people who lived in North Britain, which we now call Scotland.Scots A group of people who lived in Ireland, and ended up settling in what wenow call Scotland.rebellion When people fight against or resist the person or people in control,usually using violence. 2018 Reach Academy Feltham7 Page
Britain in the fifth centuryThe Romans had a special word foranyone who wasn’t a member of theRoman Empire; they called thembarbarians (or strangers). In the fourthcentury, the Romans Empire was beingattacked by barbarian tribes all overEurope: The Goths, the Vandals, theHuns, the Franks and the Saxons.Perhaps most famous of these is Attilathe Hun, who is pictured below. Attilainvaded Roman cities and defeatedRoman armies all over Europe.now call Scotland were called thePicts at this time. In Ireland, there werepeople called the Scots (who wouldgo on to invade and settle in what wecall Scotland today).1.Read the last paragraphagain. Can you label the mapof Great Britain above to show wherethe ‘Scots’, ‘Picts’ and ‘Britons’ lived?The invasions beginThe barbarian attacks led to the endof the Roman Empire, which hadbecome too big to defend itself. From383 CE to 410 CE, the Roman leadersand armies left Britain forever.There will still people left in Britain, ofcourse. The Celts, who had lived inBritain before the Romans arrived,became known as Romano-Britons orjust ‘Britons’. People living in what weWith the Romans gone, the Britonswere very vulnerable to attack. TheScots would cross the Irish sea and raidWales and the west of England. ThePicts would attack from the north andraid the northern English towns. 2018 Reach Academy Feltham2.Add arrows to the mapabove to show these invasions.8 Page
The Britons couldn’t fight backeffectively against the Scots or thePicts. They needed help. Just acrossthe North Sea in Europe, there werethree barbarian tribes who were veryeffective fighters: the Jutes, the Anglesand the Saxons. Bede and Gildas bothwrote that an English Chief calledVortigern (Vortigern actually meansGreat Chief) invited these tribes toEngland to help them fight against theScots and Picts. In return the British paidtribes gold, and gave them land in thesouth and east of England. Manypeople in these tribes wanted to moveto Britain anyway, because there wasnot much farmland where they lived.The Saxons could see that the Britishwere not good fighters, and used thisto their advantage, taking more landand demanding more money fromVortigern. Two famous brothers calledHengist and Horsa led a Saxon armyagainst the Brits. Gildas reported thatthis was a very violent time, with entirevillages being burnt down by theSaxons. The Angles and the Saxons (orAnglo-Saxons) took complete controlof the east of England, whilst the Britonsstayed in the west.4.WhydidtheBritishwelcome the invaders fromJutland, Angeln and Saxony?3.Can you match thesepeople with the areas that theycame sOne British chief did try to fight backagainst the Saxons after they startedtaking so much land. AmbrosiusAurelianus, whose parents had beenkilled by the Saxon invaders, led agroup of British in a rebellion. Legendssay that Aurelianus was the nephew ofKing Arthur, but there are no records inthe three main written texts that Arthuractually existed. At the Battle of BadonHill, the Saxon army was defeated.However, it was only one victory, andover the next few centuries the AngloSaxons took more and more land.This is why the east of the countrytoday is called East Anglia, and ourwhole country is called England,(Angle-land). Other towns and citiestoday still have Anglo-Saxon names. 2018 Reach Academy Feltham9 Page
So, by about 600 CE our countrylooked very different. The Scots hadsettled in Pictland, alongside the Picts.The country wouldn’t be known asScotland until 843. The Anglo-Saxonswere mixing and gaining more land,changing the culture of Britain.Have a look at the map below. Itshows what Britain looked like in about600 CE. Can you find where you live?Would you be a Briton, an Angle, aSaxon or a Jute?5.“Making a deal with the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes in 449 CE wasa good idea.”Do you agree, or disagree?Give reasons for your opinion. Use the following vocabulary as you speak in invasion 2018 Reach Academy Felthamfarmlandbarbarian10 P a g e
LESSON THREE: WHAT WAS LIFE LIKE FOR ANGLO-SAXONS?Retrieval Practice1. What were the names of the two Saxon brothers who legends sayinvaded England?and2. Gildas was known as Glildas Sapiens. What word most closely matches withthe meaning of Sapiens:a.b.c.d.ReligiousAngryPriestWise3. What was the name of the monk who wrote the Ecclesiastical History of theEnglish Peoples?4. Give two reasons that the Anglo-Saxons came to England:a.b.5. What did Romans call foreigners who weren’t in their ingDefinitionPlants that you grow which you can eat, like vegetables and salad.When straw or dried vegetation is layered to make a roof. Keeps the rainout and the heat in.A sweet alcoholic drink, made from honey.A poor common person, or peasant, Usually a farmer or a craftsman.A village chief, leader of the local tribe.The Anglo-Saxon word for King. The war-chief and leader of many tribes. 2018 Reach Academy Feltham11 P a g e
A simple lifeWhilst living in England, the Romanshad established large towns and citieswith buildings made out of stone andbrick. They built large bathhouses andvillas. The Anglo-Saxons chose not tolive in these cities. Instead, they movedout into the countryside and builtmuch smaller houses with lots of landto farm. These villages would becentred around a larger house calledthe hall, where the chief would live.Most people at this time, then, werefarmers or ‘ceorls’: they grew cropsand kept animals.A reconstruction of an Anglo-Saxon house,based on ruins that archaeologists have found.1.Why do you think that theAnglo-Saxons wouldn’t want tolive in the Roman buildings?The houses were very basic. The wallswere made out of wood, with athatched roof. They had just one, bigroom, with an open fire on a big stonein the middle. Everyone would sleep inthe main room together. If it got coldoutside, (or if there was a fox about)they would bring the farm animals intothe house too!The Chiefs house was called a hall,and was much bigger. On specialoccasionslikefestivalsandcelebrations, all of the villagers wouldgo to the chief’s Hall and have a feasttogether. At a feast villagers mightenjoy some roasted meat and somemead (a kind of sweet beer made outof honey).Normally, though, most Anglo-Saxonwouldn’t have been able to eat meatregularly. It was too expensive to kill ananimal just for its meat, and huntingwild animals was too difficult and timeconsuming. Instead, they would eatthings that were easy to grow likecereals, bread, wheat, fruit andvegetables.An example of pottage, made in modern times.(Source: ProjectManhattan)A common meal was pottage. Here ishow you make it:1. Boil a big pot of water. 2018 Reach Academy Feltham12 P a g e
2. Throw in some grains, like oats,wheat and barley.3. Chop whatever vegetables youhave and add those to the mix.4. If you have any meat or fish, putthat in as well.5. Add some egg yolks if you havesome.6. Drop in any stale bread.7. Sprinkle in any herbs you find.8. Boil for two to three hours, untileverything is completely soft andthe whole mixture is thickened.Life on the farmLife on an Anglo-Saxon farm was verytough indeed. As soon as you were bigenough, about ten years old, you hadto start working. If your parents werevery rich then you might have had ateacher. Schools didn’t really existthough, so most people didn’t learn toread or write. The jobs were differentfor men and women.4.See if you can guess whodid which jobs by putting a tickin either men or women:2.What food that we eattoday does this remind you of?3.Most animals on farmsaren’t only used for their meat.Talk to your partner about theother things that these animalsgive us:JobMen?Women?PloughedthefieldsWeaved basketsChopped downtrees.Fight in the armyKnitted clothesMade pots out ofclayMade weaponsout of metalMade woodenbowls,wheelsand furnitureMaking cheeseby churning milkCookedmealsand made breadWenthuntingand fishingNot everyone in Anglo-Saxon Englandlived like this. The village chief or‘thane’ would be in charge of thewhole village. The only person moreimportant than them was the ‘cyning’or King of a large are. Anglo-SaxonEngland eventually broke into sevenkingdoms. There were also slaves, whohad no real rights. 2018 Reach Academy Feltham13 P a g e
LESSON FOUR: WHAT DID ANGLO-SAXONS BELIEVE?Retrieval Practice1. Anglo Saxon diet had lots of roasted meat for most people:True/False2. Where did the Scots originally come from?a.b.c.d.GermanyIrelandDenmarkScotland3. What is mead?4. Which famous ‘barbarian’ defeated many Roman armies?the Hun.5. What would a typical job be for a woman in Anglo-Saxon England?GlossaryTermDefinitionpaganism Any religion which is more local, often worshipping Gods that representnature.polytheism The belief in many Gods and Goddesseswinter solstice The day of the year with the least sunlight, usually around 21 December.festival A special event where everyone celebrates something together.blodmonath ‘Blood Month’, which took place in November. Pagan Anglo-Saxons wouldsacrifice of animals to the Gods and spirits.convert To change someone’s mind, especially about religion. 2018 Reach Academy Feltham14 P a g e
Many Godsdays of the week came to be namedafter these Gods.Towards the end of Roman rule inBritain, Christianity had started to beintroduced. However, most people inBritain at this time were pagans, whichdescribes more local religions in whichpeople worship Gods and spiritsassociated with nature. Some peoplebecame Christians, but most remainedpagan. Worshipping lots of Gods iscalled polytheism. (Poly many;theism belief in God or gods.)The Anglo-Saxons were pagans too,but they brought their own Gods andGoddess, those of Norse mythology.The main God was Woden, who issimilar to the Viking God Odin. Lots ofthe Anglo-Saxon Gods and VikingGods were similar. Each Godrepresented a different part of nature,or something that was important topeople living at that time.There were many Gods worshipped bythe Anglo-Saxons. They main ones weknow about otThunorTiwWadeWaylandChief God (of Wisdom)Goddess of LoveGod of ImmortalityGoddess of BirthGoddess of LoveGoddess of DeathGod of CunningGod of the FamilyGod of ThunderGod of WarGod of the SeaGod of MetalworkingThere may have been other Gods thatwe don’t know about. Some of our1.Can you match the daysof the week to the Gods oraspects of nature?MondayWoden’s DayTuesdaySun’s DayWednesdaySaturn’s Day (Roman)ThursdayTiw’s DayFridayFreyja’s DaySaturdaySundayMoon DayThunor’s DayPagan festivals and ritualsWe don’t know a lot about how theAnglo-Saxon pagans worshipped theirGods, because the Christian monksdidn’t want to write about otherreligions. However, Bede does write alittle bit about Pagan festivals, and wealso have some archaeologicalevidence. For example, whole animalcarcasses have been found, whichshowed that pagans may havesacrificed animals to the Gods andthen buried them.This probably happened in November,which Bede says was Blodmonath, orBlood Month. Since winter was settingin, this was a good time to sacrificeanimals like oxen (large cows) whichwere getting old. It would give the 2018 Reach Academy Feltham15 P a g e
people lots of meat ready for thewinter.Another special day was the wintersolstice, which is the shortest day ofthe year. This usually happens aroundDecember 21, and so the 25thDecember became the first day of2.the new year for the Anglo-Saxons.They would have a big feast, drink aleand mead, and burn a yule log onthe fire. Many people believe thatearly Christians chose 25th Decemberto be Christmas day because peoplewere already celebrating on this dayanyway.What is similar and different about paganism and Christianity?Only PaganismSimilarOnly ChristianityThe return of ChristianityIn 596 CE the leader of the RomanCatholic church, Pope Gregory, met agroup of Anglo-Saxon slaves in Rome.When he discovered that they werepagans, he decided to send somemonks on a special mission to Englandto convert everyone to Christianity.The monk he chose to lead the missionwas called Augustine, and he arrivedin Britain the next year. As soon as hearrived, he found the King of Kent,Aethelbert. The King was a pagan, butAugustine thought that if he couldconvert him (change his religion) toChristianity, others would do the same. 2018 Reach Academy Feltham16 P a g e
The King had already married aprincess called Bertha who was one ofthe few people in England at the timewho believed in Christianity. Augustineand Bertha teamed up to convertAethelbert to Christianity, and theysucceeded.AugustinebaptisedAethelbert, who commanded all of hispeople to change their religion toChristianity too.3.Augustine was allowed to build amonastery, which is a large buildingwhere monks can all live. Themonastery was in Canterbury, and soAugustinebecameknownasAugustine of Canterbury. To the northand west of England, people were alsobeing converted by the Scots, the Irishand the Welsh. More and moremonasteries and churches were built,and by 700 CE most people living inBritain were Christians.Unscramble these sentences about the beliefs of the Anglo Saxonsin England, led by Augustinea group of monks arrivedin 596,which means they believed in many GodsAnglo-Saxons were polytheisticafter Norse Godsof the week are namedmany of our dayshis wife Bertha and AugustineKing Aethelbert was convincedto convert to Christianity byAn important pagan festivalaround the winter solsticetook place on 25th September, 2018 Reach Academy Feltham17 P a g e
LESSON FIVE: WHAT WAS THE HEPTARCHY?Retrieval Practice1. Who was the most important God for pagan Anglo-Saxons?a.b.c.d.WodenWodinOdinThor2. Which King did Bertha and Augustine convert to Christianity?King of3. ‘Life on an Anglo-Saxon farm was very easy for the people living there.’True/False4. Who was more important in Anglo-Saxon society:a. A ceorlb. A thanec. A slave5. When did Vortigern invite the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes to Britain?a.b.c.d.410 CE449 CE485 CE878 CEGlossaryTermDefinitionheptarchy The name given for the seven kingdoms that were in Britain during AngloSaxon times.bretwalda A king who claimed to be in charge of all of England.kingdom An area of England ruled over by one King, usually a great warrior.dyke A long barrier or wall made out of earth, by digging and piling it up.archaeologist A person who digs up artefacts and buildings from the past and studiesthem.excavated The process of digging up objects and buildings from the past. 2018 Reach Academy Feltham18 P a g e
Aethelbert, who we met in the lastlesson, was the King of an area calledKent. It is in the southwest of England,and is still know as Kent today. But thiswasn’t the only Kingdom. By about 600England had split into seven clearkingdoms. We call the seven kingdomsthe heptarchy. Each had their ownKing, who made laws and protectedhis people. They would invade eachothers lands, and sometimes one Kingwould claim to be the leader of all ofBritain, or the bretwalda. It would bedifficulut to keep control of the wholecountry, because of the large area.the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Therewere also some coins made whichshow us who was King.1.Can you divide the blankmap of the UK into the sevenkingdoms?2.The names of the differentkingdoms give us some cluesabout who lived there. Can youmatch them?WessexEast SaxonsMerciaEast AnglesNorthumbriaEast AngliaSouth SaxonsPeople of the MarchesEssexWest SaxonsKentNorth AnglesSussexThe Canti (Saxons)The biggest and most powerfulkingdoms in the heptarchy wereNorthumbria and Mercia, but as timewent on Wessex became more andmore powerful until it ruled over all ofEngland. We don’t know about all ofthe Kings who ruled the sevenkingdoms, but there are stories aboutsome of them who are written about in 2018 Reach Academy Feltham19 P a g e
King Offa of MerciaOne of the Kings we know most aboutis King Offa, who ruled over thepowerful Mercia Kingdom from 757 CEto 796 CE. A King would have to havebeen a mighty warrior during this time,and Offa won many battles againstneighbouring Kingdoms. He invadedEast Anglia and Kent and controlledmost of Wessex as well. He built a hugedyke along the western border ofMercia to make it difficult for the Welshto invade his Kingdom. A dyke is abarrier or kind of wall made by pilingearth up. You can still see bits of thedyke today!control of all of these kingdoms, but itweakened Mercia and made Wessexthe new most powerful Kingdom.4.Complete these sentences.Inthemiddlecentury,ofthethemostpowerful kingdom in England was. To stop the Welshinvading, built a hugealong the border. Then, anewkingofWessex,called, invaded Mercia andweakenedthekingdomforever.Power was always changing hands inAnglo-Saxon times!Weapons and Warfare3.Can you draw a thick redline on your map above to showwhere Offa’s dyke would havebeen?King Egbert of WessexMercia didn’t stay as the mostpowerful Kingdom forever. In 802 anew king in Wessex fought backagainst the Mercians. King Egbertinvaded nearby Kingdoms of Sussex,Essex and Kent. With his bigger army,he invaded Mercia and in 829defeated the King of Mercia, who wascalled Wiglaf. Egbert couldn’t keepWe know quite a lot about theweapons used by Anglo-Saxons in theirbattles, because they were made outof metal and have been excavatedby archaeologists. We have foundswords, spears, axes, helmets, parts ofshields and chainmail. Some weaponshave even been found which aremade out of gold!5. Have a look at theseartefacts and discuss with yourpartner what battles mighthave been like during Anglo-Saxontimes. 2018 Reach Academy Feltham20 P a g e
LESSON SIX: WHY DID THE ANGLO-SAXONS BUILD BURHS?Retrieval Practice1. Name three jobs that an Anglo-Saxon farmer may have had to do:a.b.c.2. What was the name of the monk who brought Christianity back to England in596.3. Why did Offa build his dyke?a. To help with farming.b. To make it difficult for otherAnglo-Saxon kings to invade.c. To make it difficult for the Welshto invade.d. To make it difficult for the Scots toinvade.4. Label this map of Britain with the namesof the seven kingdoms: MerciaNorthumbriaEast bretwaldafertileDanesDanelawDefinitionTo quickly attack and steal things from a village or town.Invaders from Scandinavian countries who raided other places.A king who claimed to rule over all the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms and people.Land which has lots of nutrients, so is easy to grow crops in.Another name for the Viking invaders.The area of land given to the Vikings in the east of England 2018 Reach Academy Feltham21 P a g e
Invaders from the EastThe Anglo-Saxons had invadedEngland from across the sea. From the8th century, new invaders were sailingto England to raid the villages near thecoast. These new invaders were fromScandinavian countries like Norway,Sweden and Denmark. These newinvaders were called Vikings.kingdom so that more people couldlearn to read and write.These invaders meant that the AngloSaxons sometimes had to worktogether to fight them off. AlthoughEgbert was the first king to unite thekingdoms and rule over all of England,perhaps the most famous andsuccessful bretwalda was Alfred theGreat.Alfred had many achievements. Hewas said to be very well educated, aswell as being a great military leader.He made the economy much betterfor Anglo-Saxons, meaning there wasmore money available for people. Healso built more schools across theClue1.Look at the statue ofAlfred the Great. What cluescan you see about the sort ofleader he was?This tells me that2.If you were leader of all the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms, what decisionswould you make? 2018 Reach Academy Feltham22 P a g e
Building BurhsAlfred did lots of different things to tryand keep the Vikings out. The AngoSaxons called the invaders the Danesbecause many of them came fromDenmark. He made deals with them,giving them money and land. TheVikings wanted the treasure that theAnglo-Saxons had been making, andsome of them wanted to stay and liveon the land which was very fertile. Thearea of land that Alfred gave to theDanes was in the east of England, andbecame known as Danelaw.They were very difficult to attack andcould be easily defended by thepeople inside. There were alreadysome forts that the Romans had leftbehind, but Alfred gave orders to buildmany more in the places that theVikings were attacking.A drawing of what a typical Anglo-Saxonburh might have looked like.These burhs grew in size and wouldinclude the houses of the villagers.They became the first towns in AngloSaxon England.When he needed to fight, Alfred wouldorganise armies. He defeated theDanes in many battles, including theBattle of Ashdown and the Battle ofErdington. But it was easier to try andnegotiate a peace than keep fightingbattles, so Alfred continued to makedeals with the Danes.This map shows where some of theburhs were built across England. Manybecame large towns and cities that stillexist today.One of the most important things thatAlfred did was build burhs. These werehuge forts with high walls around them. 2018 Reach Academy Feltham3. Have you heard of any ofthe towns or cities that grewfrom these burhs?23 P a g e
4.Complete these sentences. You can look back at the informationabove to help you:The Vikings invaded England butThe Vikings invaded England becauseThe Vikings invaded England so5.Use this box to design your own burh. Think about what you would needinside your burh, and what the Anglo-Saxons would have available to themat the time. Label your burh clearly. 2018 Reach Academy Feltham24 P a g e
Saxons. The Angles and the Saxons (or Anglo-Saxons) took complete control of the east of England, whilst the Britons stayed in the west. 4. Why did the British welcome the invaders from Jutland, Angeln and Saxony? One British chief di
The Angles, Saxons and Jutes. What Anglo-Saxons ate. What Anglo-Saxon villages looked like. The jobs Anglo-Saxons did. How Anglo Saxon society was organised. The pagan beliefs of the Anglo-Saxons. The importance of Norse mythology mythology. How Augustine re
2. Which of these foods do you think Anglo-Saxons would have eaten? Tick all that apply. 3. Which of these drinks do you think Anglo-Saxons would have drunk? Tick all that apply. 4. How could an Anglo-Saxon earn a living for his family? Tick all that apply. 5. Which of these statements best describes how Anglo-Saxon society was organised? 6.
Anglo-Saxons 1 Title: Anglo-Saxons A team of history researchers are commissioned by the BBC to do the background reasearch for a series of programmes called ‘The Really Interesting History of Britain’. They visit an Anglo
Anglo-Saxon literature included epic poetry, sermons, Bible . legal works, chronicles and riddles. Famous works include the poem Beowulf and The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle – a collection of writing important for early English history. Anglo-Saxons Before your visit .
Anglo-Saxon harp skilled storytellers and honored members of society. sang of heroic deeds regarded as equals to warriors The Anglo-Saxon Invasion. 8th–9th centuries Vikings, called Danes, invade Britain King Alfred the Great against the Danes 878 King Alfred unifies the Anglo-Saxons
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Tiny pieces of stone or grit (the Anglo-Saxons didn’t eat stones on purpose, but tiny bits of the quern stones used to grind the grains would have rubbed off and ended up in the flour used for bread – this did mean that Anglo-Saxons often had bad teeth!) Apple pips
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