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Eva Kaarin, Kertu, Merit
Who were the Anglo- Saxons?
Why did they come?
•Angle, Saxon and Jute tribes.
•5th and 6th centures
•Northern Germany, Denmark, northern Holland
•It was dificult to grow crops.
•Invited to england
Where did they settle?
•Most of Britain
What were Anglo- Saxons buildings like?
Where did the Anglo- Saxons live?
•In few buildings.
•2-3 families
•Wooden
•Thatched roofs
•In Suffolk buildings around larger hall, 1 room with hearth
Dress
•Varied from region to region, period.
Men and women
Knives, spears - hunting, fighting and farming.
Tools - sewing and weaving,
Freeman or slave
A freeman - land and slaves.
A slave – nothing
Richer freemen - 'thanes'.
Crime and punishment
For minor crimes - a nose or a hand might be cut off.
If a person killed someone they had to pay money to the dead person's relatives.
Early Anglo- Saxons
When people died they were either cremated and put in a pottery urn or buried with their belongings.
A king’s burial
Over the two centuries, many Saxons turned to Christianity and hundreds of churches and monasteries were built.
The coming Christianity
Monasters
The monasteries were centres of learning, where monks and nuns devoted themselves to studying the Bible.
Fests
Feld in the lord's hall
Winter months
Loyalty
Gathering around the fire for a fest
roast meats
bread, fruit
beer, mead
Entertainment
•stories about brave warriors and their adventures
•Beowulf, a heroic prince who killed several monsters
•8th to 9th centuries
•the songs and poems
•lyre
Riddles and runes
•Riddles
•letters called runes
•Magical powers
Viking invasion
•Scandinavians-Vikings
•Immigrated to Britain
•Viking raids
•Massacred
•churches destroyed
• animals and precious objects stolen
•the end of the 870s
•Vikings occupied most of eastern England• •territory- Danelaw.
Alfred the Great
•Vikings had conquered all of England except Wessex
•King Alfred of Wessex
•Alfred's descendants
The Norman Conquest
•end in 1066
•Duke William• •defeated Harold
•the Earl of Wessex
• in the Battle of Hastings
•beginning of the Norman period
• English history
Influence
•six centuries
•lasting influence on England
•Anglo-Saxon names
•Anglo-Saxon words
•system of law
Words used todayfaether - fathersunu - sondohtor - daughterchese - cheese
Anglo-Saxon place-namesford - river crossingham - settlementden - hillton - farm or villagewic - farmstead