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Eva Kaarin, Kertu, Merit
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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
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Where did they settle?
•Most of Britain
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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
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Dress
•Varied from region to region, period.
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Men and women
Knives, spears - hunting, fighting and farming.
Tools - sewing and weaving,
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Freeman or slave
A freeman - land and slaves.
A slave – nothing
Richer freemen - 'thanes'.
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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.
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Early Anglo- Saxons
When people died they were either cremated and put in a pottery urn or buried with their belongings.
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A king’s burial
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Over the two centuries, many Saxons turned to Christianity and hundreds of churches and monasteries were built.
The coming Christianity
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Monasters
The monasteries were centres of learning, where monks and nuns devoted themselves to studying the Bible.
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Fests
Feld in the lord's hall
Winter months
Loyalty
Gathering around the fire for a fest
roast meats
bread, fruit
beer, mead
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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
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Riddles and runes
•Riddles
•letters called runes
•Magical powers
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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.
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Alfred the Great
•Vikings had conquered all of England except Wessex
•King Alfred of Wessex
•Alfred's descendants
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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
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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