This term, we’ll be learning all about the Anglo Saxons and Vikings!
The Anglo Saxon era was a fascinating time when the United Kingdom we live in today was beginning to take shape. We’ll be learning all about the post-Roman migration of the Anglo-Saxons, the reasons they came and the impact they had on Britons who lived here at the time. We’ll delve into the life of a typical Anglo Saxon, learn about the kingdoms they created, Anglo Saxon kings such as Alfred the Great and the traces of Anglo Saxon Britain that are still here today. A couple of hundred years after the Anglo Saxons migrated here, the Vikings arrived and we’ll be looking at their impact too!
Each week, your homework will include curriculum work linked to this topic and this week, I’d like you to come up with three interesting facts you know about the Anglo Saxons and Vikings as well as three questions you have about the Anglo Saxons and Vikings. Write your 3 facts and 3 questions into the comments below and we can share our knowledge and questions in class – perhaps we can answer each other’s questions here in this blog!
I look forward to finding out what you come up with!
The three facts:The anglo-saxons belived in magic.
The days of the week were named
after the viking Gods!
The first anglo-saxons were pagans.
The three questions:From were was the first viking?
Who was the last anglo-saxon alive?
Were did the vikings live?
1)A fact about the Anglo Saxons is that Harold II, was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon English king. Harold reigned from 6 January 1066[1] until his death at the Battle of Hastings, fighting the Norman invaders led by William the Conqueror during the Norman conquest of England. His death marked the end of Anglo-Saxon rule over England. His death marked the Anglo Saxon Period.
2)The Anglo-Saxons were a cultural group that inhabited much of what is now England in the Early Middle Ages, and spoke Old English. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. Although the details are not clear, their cultural identity developed out of the interaction of incoming groups of Germanic peoples, with the pre-existing Romano-British culture. Over time, most of the people of what is now southern, central, northern and eastern England came to identify as Anglo-Saxon and speak Old English. Danish and Norman invasions later changed the situation significantly, but their language and political structures are the direct predecessors of the medieval Kingdom of England, and the Middle English language. Although the modern English language owes somewhat less than 26% of its words to Old English, this includes the vast majority of words used in everyday speech.
3)The history of the Anglo-Saxons is the history of a cultural identity. It developed from divergent groups in association with the people’s adoption of Christianity and was integral to the founding of various kingdoms. Threatened by extended Danish Viking invasions and military occupation of eastern England, this identity was re-established; it dominated until after the Norman Conquest. Anglo-Saxon material culture can still be seen in architecture, dress styles, illuminated texts, metalwork and other art. Behind the symbolic nature of these cultural emblems, there are strong elements of tribal and lordship ties. The elite declared themselves kings who developed burhs (fortifications and fortified settlements), and identified their roles and peoples in Biblical terms. Above all, as archaeologist Helena Hamerow has observed, “local and extended kin groups remained…the essential unit of production throughout the Anglo-Saxon period.”[4] The effects persist, as a 2015 study found the genetic makeup of British populations today shows divisions of the tribal political units of the early Anglo-Saxon period.[5]
The term Anglo-Saxon began to be used in the 8th century (in Latin and on the continent) to distinguish Germanic language-speaking groups in Britain from those on the continent (Old Saxony and Anglia in Northern Germany).[ In 2003, Catherine Hills summarised the views of many modern scholars in her observation that attitudes towards Anglo-Saxons, and hence the interpretation of their culture and history, have been “more contingent on contemporary political and religious theology as on any kind of evidence.”
Anglo Saxons Had Kings and Queens such as
Alfred ‘The Great’ (r. 871-899)
Edward ‘The Elder’ (r. 899-924)
Aelfweard (r. briefly and contested: 924)
Athelstan (r. 924-939)
Edmund I (r. 939-946)
1. Anglo Saxons believed in magic spells and even dragons. They thought that potions, stones and jewels would protect them from evil spirits and sickness.
2. Vikings invaded Britain and Anglo-Saxon areas of Northumbria and East Anglia became Viking settlements.
3. The Anglo saxons and Vikings had a king and they both had freemen and slaves.
3 QUESTIONS:
1. Were Anglo saxons and Vikings friends?
2. How did the Anglo saxons and Vikings change Britain?
3. Did they have any traditions?
Fact 1:
Vikings spoke Old Norse, but we don’t know how they sounded. Old Norse has since developed into the modern North Germanic languages Icelandic, Faroese, Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish.
Fact 2:
The earliest English kings were Anglo-Saxons, starting with Egbert in the year 802. Anglo-Saxons ruled for about three centuries, and during this time they formed the basis for the English monarchy and laws. The two most famous Anglo-Saxon kings are Alfred the Great and Canute the Great.
Fact 3:
Saxon was formed by the fusion of two bands in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in 1977 by vocalist Peter “Biff” Byford, guitarists Graham Oliver, and Paul Quinn, bassist Steve Dawson, and drummer Pete Gill, all of whom had been playing professionally or semi-professionally as early as 1970.
Questions:
1. Why were the called the ‘Anglo Saxons’?
2. Who made the Anglo Saxons and Vikings language?
3. What kind of popular words did they give us?
fact1:
The Anglo-Saxons were a group of farmer-warriors who lived in Britain over a thousand years ago.Made up of three tribes who came over from Europe, they were called the Angle, Saxon, and Jute tribes. The two largest were the Angle and Saxon, which is how we’ve come to know them as the Anglo-Saxons today.
They were fierce people, who fought many battles during their rule of Britain – often fighting each other! Each tribe was ruled by its own strong warrior who settled their people in different parts of the country.
fact 2:
The Anglo-Saxons didn’t like the stone houses and streets left by the Romans, so they built their own villages. They looked for land which had lots of natural resources like food, water and wood to build and heat their homes, and Britain’s forests had everything they needed. They surrounded each village with a high fence to protect cattle from wild animals like foxes and wolves, and to keep out their enemies, too!
We know what Anglo-Saxon houses were like from excavations of Anglo-Saxon villages. They were small wooden huts with a straw roof, and inside was just one room in which the whole family lived, ate, slept and socialised together – much like an ancient version of open-plan living!
The biggest house in the village belonged to the chief, which was large enough to house him and all his warriors – and sometimes even the oxen, too! It was a long hall with a stone fire in the middle, and hunting trophies and battle armour hung from its walls. There were tiny windows and a hole in the roof to allow smoke to escape.
fact 3:
Many of today’s Christian traditions came from the Anglo-Saxons, but they weren’t always Christians. When they first came over from Europe they were Pagans, worshipping lots of different gods who they believed looked different parts of their life, such as family, crop growing, weather and even war.
The Anglo-Saxons would pray to the Pagan gods to give them good health, a plentiful harvest or success in battle.
It wasn’t until the Pope in Rome sent over a missionary – a monk called Augustine – to England in 597AD, that the Anglo-Saxons became Christians. Augustine convinced the Anglo-Saxon King Ethelbert of Kent to convert to Christianity and slowly the rest of the country followed suit. Pagan temples were turned into churches and more churches (built of wood) started popping up all over Britain.
questions:
1.who where the kings during the anglo-saxon times?
2. Who made the Anglo Saxons and Vikings language?
1. Were Anglo saxons and Vikings friends?
The interesting facts about the Anglo Saxons and the Vikings are…
The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings were two different European tribes in the middle age.
The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings were dominated (The territories of the present United Kingdom) in the early middle age.
The Anglo-Saxons eradicated Celtic languages in England.
Anglo-Saxons caused more damage than the Vikings.
King Alfred stopped the advanced of the Vikings.
The 3 questions I have are…
How many years did it take for the Anglo Saxons to win Britain’s land?
Did the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings have a different religion than us?
Were the Anglo-Saxons friend or foe to the Vikings?
1) In 597, a monk called Augustine arrived in Kent, in southern England. He had been sent by the Pope (the head of our Church) to convert the Anglo-Saxon people. King Aethelbert of Kent was so impressed by Augustine that he decided to be baptised as a Christian and he insisted that all his subjects should be baptised too. Augustine set up a monastery at Canterbury which became the centre of the English Church.
2) The Anglo-Saxon people were Angles and Saxons from Angeln and Saxony (modern day Germany), and Jutes from Jutland (modern day Denmark). Their new lands became known as ‘Angle-land’ or the land of the Angles. Over time, this name changed to ‘England’.
3) Music played a very important part in Anglo-Saxon life. Poets, known as scops, sang songs and played the harp as they told their stories. Some musicians played pipes carved from wood or bone, and some played on instrument made from animal horns.
3 questions about the Anglo-Saxon:
Did the Anglo-Saxons drink wine?
When the Anglo-Saxons sailed to England without a map or compass, how did they not get lost?
When the Anglo-Saxons conquered England, what did the majority of the people living in England do? Did they run or did they continue living next to the Anglo-Saxons?
Facts :
1) Parents were allowed to sell children under the age of seven . They normally did this when there were food shortages .
2) If a child was as young as eight and she or he had stolen something they were executed .
3) Anglo-Saxons sometimes cut a hole in their head if they had a headache as they thought it let out all the evil spirits .
Questions :
1) who was the first Anglo-Saxon king ?
2) who made the Anglo-Saxons clothes ?
3) what did the Anglo-Saxons do for fun ?
1. The Anglo Saxons were made from three different tribes called the Angle, Saxon and Jute.
2. They settled in Britain around 450AD.
3. They ate the same food as we eat today: meats, fish and vegetables
Questions:
1. Did children go to school?
2. What was an Anglo Saxon wedding like?
3. Were there hospitals?
Facts about Anglo Saxons
1.The Anglo Saxons were a strong army in Briton.
2.They helped Briton when they were defencless but insted they took they took their land from them.
2.The Anglo Saxons also belived in magic and mythical creatures like Dragons they also belived in Potions that would keep them away from sicknesses and evil.
3.Anglo saxons also belived in Gods and Godesses.
4. The Anglo-Saxons were a group of farmer-warriors who lived in Britain over a thousand years ago.
5.Made up of three tribes who came over from Europe, they were called the Angle, Saxon, and Jute tribes. The two largest were the Angle and Saxon, which is how we’ve come to know them as the Anglo-Saxons today.
6.After the Romans left Britain in 450 AD, the Anglo-Saxons sailed to Britain from Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands. They were looking for new land to settle on and farm as regular flooding in mainland Europe made it impossible to farm.
7. Anglo-Saxons believed in magic The Anglo-Saxons were very superstitious. They believed in magic spells and even dragons. They thought that potions, stones and jewels would protect them from evil spirits and sickness. Overtime the Vikings invaded Britain and Anglo-Saxon areas of Northumbria and East Anglia became Viking settlements.
8. The Anglo-Saxons were made up of three main tribes who came to Britain: the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. 3. The Anglo Saxons overthrew the British and their leader, Vortigern. At a conference between the nobles of the Britons and Anglo-Saxons somewhere between 472 and 463 AD, the Anglo-Saxons killed the British and took over.
9.The Anglo-Saxon age in Britain was from around AD410 to 1066. The Anglo-Saxons were a mix of tribes from Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. The three biggest were the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes. The land they settled in became known as ‘Angle-land’, or England. They brought Germanic languages and new customs and dress.
10.he Anglo-Saxon era ended with William of Normandy’s triumph at the battle of Hastings in 1066, which ushered in a new era of Norman rule. Here are 20 facts about this fascinating historical period: 1. The Anglo-Saxons were immigrants.
11.New people came to Britain in ships across the North Sea – the Anglo-Saxons. The Anglo-Saxon age in Britain was from around AD410 to 1066. The Anglo-Saxons were a mix of tribes from Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. The three biggest were the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes. The land they settled in became known as ‘Angle-land’, or England.
12.Life on an Anglo-Saxon farm was hard work. All the family had to help out – men, women and children. Men cut down trees to clear land to sow crops. Farmers used oxen to pull ploughs up and down long fields. The Anglo-Saxons were great craftsmen too. Metalworkers made iron tools, knives and swords.
13.The Anglo-Saxons first tried invading in the 4th century, but the Roman army were quick to send them home again! Years later – around 450AD – the Ancient Romans left Britain, the Anglo-Saxons seized their chance and this time they were successful!
They left their homes in Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark and sailed over to Britain on wooden boats. Many of them were farmers before they came to Britain and it’s thought they were on the look-out for new land as floodwaters back home had made it almost.
14.The Anglo-Saxons didn’t like the stone houses and streets left by the Romans, so they built their own villages. They looked for land which had lots of natural resources like food, water and wood to build and heat their homes, and Britain’s forests had everything they needed. They surrounded each village with a high fence to protect cattle from wild animals like foxes and wolves, and to keep out their enemies, too!
We know what Anglo-Saxon houses were like from excavations of Anglo-Saxon villages. They were small wooden huts with a straw roof, and inside was just one room in which the whole family lived, ate, slept and socialised together – much like an ancient version of open-plan living!
The biggest house in the village belonged to the chief, which was large enough to house him and all his warriors – and sometimes even the oxen, too! It was a long hall with a stone fire in the middle, and hunting trophies and battle armour hung from its walls. There were tiny windows and a hole in the roof to allow smoke to escape.
Questions:
Did the Anglo Saxons go to schools?
Did they have hospitals?
Did they fight and make wars for fun?
how many tribes have they fought?
how many king and Queens have they had?
1. Most of the Anglo-Saxons were either farmers or warriors.
2. They were famous warriors.
3. The Anglo-Saxons were from the Saxons ( modern day Northern Germany )
and the Angles ( modern day Northern Denmark.
3 questions I have about the Anglo-Saxons:
1. What makes them famous warriors ?
2. Did they have a queen ? If so, what was her name ?
3. Did they have schools at that time ? If so, did they go to it ?
Three facts are:The Anglo-Saxons believed in magic, the days of the week were named after Viking gods! The first Anglo-Saxons were pagans.
Three questions are:Were did the Vikings live? Who was the last and first Anglo-Saxon to ever live? We’re did the Vikings first come from?
1] Many of the Anglo-Saxons that came over were farmers over 1000 years ago.
They settled in Britain during the second half of the fifth century that more and more Anglo-Saxons arrived to take land for themselves. It is for this reason that the time of the Anglo-Saxons is usually thought of as beginning about AD 450.
2] The Anglo-Saxons had a very varied diet which including onions, peas, parsnips and cabbage.Their favourite meats where deer and wild boar which they roasted over a fire in the middle of their houses .They also ate their meat with bread and washed it down with beer rather than water!
3]The first Anglo-Saxons were Pagans,Pagans believe that nature is sacred and that the natural cycles of birth, growth and death observed in the world around us carry profoundly spiritual meanings.In other words Pagans view the world as a place of joy and life, not of sin and suffering. They believe that the divine is here with us in the natural world, not in some faraway place in the sky. They hold a deep reverence for nature and the earth. Pagans tend to be earth conscious.
1] What Anglo-Saxon Items That belonged to the Anglo-Saxons?
2] How did the Anglo-Saxons live?
3]How did the Anglo-saxons earn money or did they not?
Following the end of Romans rule in Britain around the heat 410 . The Anglo saxons settlement of Britain is the process which changed the language and culture of most of what became England from Roman British to Germanic.The Germanic speakers in Britain, themselves of diverse origins, eventually developed a common cultural identity as Anglo Saxons.
Who were the Anglo Saxons and were did they come from?
1: The Anglo-Saxons were Germanic people who from the 5th century CE to the time of the Norman conquest in 1066. They inhabited and ruled territories that are part of England and Wales today.
The Anglo-Saxon Territories of Great Britain.
2: The Anglo-Saxon territories were not ruled by one tribe. They arrived in Great Britain as different tribes and took over different parts of Britain. The five most significant kingdoms were Kent, East Anglia, Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria. Each kingdom had a ‘cyning’, which was the name for the ‘king’, and ruled their own small army.
3: Anglo- Saxon religious beliefs:
The Anglo-Saxons worshipped the gods Tiw, Woden, Thor and Frig. From these words come the names of our days of the week: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. (So Wednesday means Woden’s Day, Thursday Thor’s Day, and Frig means Friday). Our word Easter comes from the name of the Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn, Eostre. The Anglo-Saxons became Christians in the 7th Century. The head of the Christian Church, Pope Gregory, sent Saint Augustine and a group of monks to England to persuade the Anglo-Saxons to become Christians. Also, monks like Saint Aidan and Saint Columba came from Ireland, which was already Christian, and slowly England was converted.
Questions about The Anglo-Saxons.
1: Who defeated the Anglo-Saxons?
2: What influences from the Anglo-Saxon people are still used today?
1. Most of the Anglo-Saxons only had one room and they all did everything in there for
example they worked ,played ,slept and ate.
2. Most of the Anglo -Saxons where farmers they even lived in small villages.
3. Early Anglo-Saxons believed in gods and goddess.
Three questions I have –
1. What creations did the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings make?
2. Who was stronger the Anglo-Saxons or Vikings?
3. How did the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings communicate?
Some facts of anglo saxon facts
– anglo saxon were invited first from the roman and after from the britons
-the anglo saxon came from germany, denamark and the netherlands
– many of ours christmas traditions come from the anglo saxon
– the anglo saxon had a very varied diet
– the days of the week come from anglo saxon times
– anglo saxon belived in magic
-Norwich and Birmingham are named after anglo saxon settlements.
questions
-have they had universities?
-did the kids have games and playtime?
-did they have home pets?
When the Anglo-Saxons invaded Britain successfully, they didn’t like the houses, so they built their own villages. They looked for land which had lots of natural resources like food, water and wood to build and heat their homes, and Britain’s forests had everything they needed. They surrounded each village with a high fence to protect cattle from wild animals like foxes and wolves, and to keep out their enemies, too! The houses were wooden huts with a straw roof and there was only one room that the Anglo-Saxon lived in.
Fact 2:
Many of the Anglo-Saxons that came to Britain were farmers. When the Anglo-Saxons was in Germany, they were experiencing floods in the farmlands which made it very hard to farm. But when they arrived in England the farmlands didn’t flood which made farming much easier for them. It was easier to grow food in England’s weather which made their life happier. Farming was an incredibly important part of Anglo-Saxon life and was essential to their survival. They could not go to a supermarket when they needed food and drink, or go to a shop to buy new clothes. Therefore, they had to make sure that they could provide everything that they needed themselves. Anglo-Saxon’s diet varied depending upon how much money they had. Meat would have only been consumed by the rich. Although poorer people would have had access to meat on their farms, they would have been more likely to sell it for money.
Fact 3:
The Britons were Christians, but were now cut off from Rome, but the Anglo-Saxons remained pagan. In AD 597 St Augustine had been sent to Kent by Pope Gregory the Great to convert the Anglo-Saxons. It was a tall order for his tiny mission, but gradually the seven kingdoms did convert, and became exemplary Christians – so much so that they converted their old tribal homelands in Germany.
St Augustine of Canterbury, who was sent by Pope Gregory to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. St Augustine is seen here preaching before Ethelbert, Anglo-Saxon King of Kent. Augustine was the first Arch Bishop of Canterbury.
One reason why they converted was because the church said that the Christian God would deliver them victory in battles. When this failed to materialise, some Anglo-Saxon kings became apostate, and a different approach was required. The man chosen for the task was an elderly Greek named Theodore of Tarsus, but he was not the pope’s first choice. Instead he had offered the job to a younger man, Hadrian ‘the African’, a Berber refugee from north Africa, but Hadrian objected that he was too young.
The truth was that people in the civilised south of Europe dreaded the idea of going to England, which was considered barbaric and had a terrible reputation. The pope decided to send both men, to keep each other company on the long journey. After more than a year (and many adventures) they arrived, and set to work to reform the English church.
Theodore lived to be 88, a grand old age for those days, and Hadrian, the young man who had fled from his home in north Africa, outlived him, and continued to devote himself to his task until his death in AD 710.
1. The Anglo-Saxons are superstitious.
2. The Anglo-Saxons came from Germany, Denmark and Netherlands.
3. Many of our Christmas traditions came from the Anglo-Saxon.
Questions
1. Who were the Anglo-Saxons?
2. Why did Anglo- Saxons come to Britain?
3. How was Anglo-Saxon Britain ruled?
Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
3 facts
1. The Anglo-Saxons came from the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany.
2. The Thanes were Anglo-Saxon lords who had to follow the king to battle.
3. There were five Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, Wessex, Mercia, Northumbria, Kent, and East Anglia.
3 questions
1. Why do they want land?
2. Why did they fight each other?
3. How did the Anglo-Saxons defeat the Vikings?
4 Facts:
1) The Anglo-Saxons ate many of the vegetables that we eat and grow today including onions, peas, parsnips and cabbage. Their favourite meats included deer and wild boar. They would roast meat over a fire in the middle of their houses. They also grew wheat which meant they were able to make bread and beer.
2) Anglo-Saxons made their own clothes out of natural materials. The men wore long-sleeved tunics made of wool or linen, often decorated with a pattern. Their trousers were woollen and held up by a leather belt from which they could hang their tools such as knives and pouches. Shoes were usually made out of leather and fastened with laces or toggles. The women would wear an under-dress of linen or wool and an outer-dress like a pinafore called a “peplos” which was held onto the underlayer by two brooches on the shoulders. Anglo-Saxon women also wore beaded necklaces, bracelets and rings.
3) The Anglo-Saxons settled into Britain around 450AD. The Anglo-Saxon period stretched over 600 years (410-1066AD).
4) Wessex was the only one of the kingdoms to survive the Viking invasions. Eric Bloodaxe, the Viking ruler of York, was killed by the Wessex army in 954 and England was united under one king – Edred.
Questions:
1) Who was the first king of the Anglo-Saxons?
can’t think of anymore (•_•;)
Anglo-Saxon Fact 1:The Anglo-Saxons came to britain because most of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms came from the North of Europe which doesn’t have farmladding,the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom with most Farmlanding was the Saxons so they decided to conquer southern Britain because it had very good farmlanding so they conquered Britain so they’re people don’t starve.
Anglo-Saxon Fact 2:The Anglo-Saxons stayed to Britain for almost 600 years from 415 AD-1050 AD, but then the Holy Roman Empire conquered Modern day’s Germany’s Land and the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms had to send their warriors to Northen Germany to Fight the Holy Roman Empire
Anglo-Saxon Fact 3:England’s name came by an Anglo-Saxon Kingdom called Angles,The Angles were the first Anglo-Saxon Kingdom to come to Britain and after in 700 AD-900 AD The Angles had conquered most of modern day’s England’s land And England also called it’s name by Anglesland.
Now that you read what I wrote I have some Questions for you.
Question 1:Why did the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms came back to Northen Germany?
Question 2:Why some Anglo-Saxon citizens decided to stay in Britain?
Question 3:Where did England Get it’s name from?
It sti; sounds like the Saxons and the Viking were quite similar in many ways – livelihood, clothing, interests, houses were fairly simple but more than one family might live in a very large house. I thought the names of our days of the week were from the Vikings or of Danish origin? I have a rare Danish surname that goes back to at least the 1300s – although usually as a place name. My surname is Randrup. So for example Randrup Gods[Manor] in Denmark. Ours is the ONE and ONLY Randrup family in all of Canada. Populaton 38 million people. All of us children have the middle [family] name Gartner which means gardener
The three facts:The anglo-saxons belived in magic.
The days of the week were named
after the viking Gods!
The first anglo-saxons were pagans.
The three questions:From were was the first viking?
Who was the last anglo-saxon alive?
Were did the vikings live?
Wider curriculum:
Anglo Saxons and Vikings:
Homework
1)A fact about the Anglo Saxons is that Harold II, was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon English king. Harold reigned from 6 January 1066[1] until his death at the Battle of Hastings, fighting the Norman invaders led by William the Conqueror during the Norman conquest of England. His death marked the end of Anglo-Saxon rule over England. His death marked the Anglo Saxon Period.
2)The Anglo-Saxons were a cultural group that inhabited much of what is now England in the Early Middle Ages, and spoke Old English. They traced their origins to settlers who came to Britain from mainland Europe in the 5th century. Although the details are not clear, their cultural identity developed out of the interaction of incoming groups of Germanic peoples, with the pre-existing Romano-British culture. Over time, most of the people of what is now southern, central, northern and eastern England came to identify as Anglo-Saxon and speak Old English. Danish and Norman invasions later changed the situation significantly, but their language and political structures are the direct predecessors of the medieval Kingdom of England, and the Middle English language. Although the modern English language owes somewhat less than 26% of its words to Old English, this includes the vast majority of words used in everyday speech.
3)The history of the Anglo-Saxons is the history of a cultural identity. It developed from divergent groups in association with the people’s adoption of Christianity and was integral to the founding of various kingdoms. Threatened by extended Danish Viking invasions and military occupation of eastern England, this identity was re-established; it dominated until after the Norman Conquest. Anglo-Saxon material culture can still be seen in architecture, dress styles, illuminated texts, metalwork and other art. Behind the symbolic nature of these cultural emblems, there are strong elements of tribal and lordship ties. The elite declared themselves kings who developed burhs (fortifications and fortified settlements), and identified their roles and peoples in Biblical terms. Above all, as archaeologist Helena Hamerow has observed, “local and extended kin groups remained…the essential unit of production throughout the Anglo-Saxon period.”[4] The effects persist, as a 2015 study found the genetic makeup of British populations today shows divisions of the tribal political units of the early Anglo-Saxon period.[5]
The term Anglo-Saxon began to be used in the 8th century (in Latin and on the continent) to distinguish Germanic language-speaking groups in Britain from those on the continent (Old Saxony and Anglia in Northern Germany).[ In 2003, Catherine Hills summarised the views of many modern scholars in her observation that attitudes towards Anglo-Saxons, and hence the interpretation of their culture and history, have been “more contingent on contemporary political and religious theology as on any kind of evidence.”
Anglo Saxons Had Kings and Queens such as
Alfred ‘The Great’ (r. 871-899)
Edward ‘The Elder’ (r. 899-924)
Aelfweard (r. briefly and contested: 924)
Athelstan (r. 924-939)
Edmund I (r. 939-946)
Questions
1. Why did the Anglo Saxons split Britain into kingdoms?
2. Why are the warriors so strong?
3. Are they stronger than the Romans?
Facts
1. Most Anglo Saxons are farmers or warriors.
2. Early Anglo Saxons were pagans.
3. Anglo Saxons lived in wooden huts.
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3 facts I know about the Anglo Saxons are..
1) the anglo Saxons settled into Britan around 450 AD
2) the Anglo Saxons had a very varied diet
3) they lived in wooden huts
3 questions I have about the Anglo Saxons are…
1) how old did u have to be to join the army in that time?
2) where there woman in the army?
3) how many countries/tribes did they deafeat?
Thanks you!!
3 FACTS:
1. Anglo Saxons believed in magic spells and even dragons. They thought that potions, stones and jewels would protect them from evil spirits and sickness.
2. Vikings invaded Britain and Anglo-Saxon areas of Northumbria and East Anglia became Viking settlements.
3. The Anglo saxons and Vikings had a king and they both had freemen and slaves.
3 QUESTIONS:
1. Were Anglo saxons and Vikings friends?
2. How did the Anglo saxons and Vikings change Britain?
3. Did they have any traditions?
Fact 1:
Vikings spoke Old Norse, but we don’t know how they sounded. Old Norse has since developed into the modern North Germanic languages Icelandic, Faroese, Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish.
Fact 2:
The earliest English kings were Anglo-Saxons, starting with Egbert in the year 802. Anglo-Saxons ruled for about three centuries, and during this time they formed the basis for the English monarchy and laws. The two most famous Anglo-Saxon kings are Alfred the Great and Canute the Great.
Fact 3:
Saxon was formed by the fusion of two bands in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in 1977 by vocalist Peter “Biff” Byford, guitarists Graham Oliver, and Paul Quinn, bassist Steve Dawson, and drummer Pete Gill, all of whom had been playing professionally or semi-professionally as early as 1970.
Questions:
1. Why were the called the ‘Anglo Saxons’?
2. Who made the Anglo Saxons and Vikings language?
3. What kind of popular words did they give us?
fact1:
The Anglo-Saxons were a group of farmer-warriors who lived in Britain over a thousand years ago.Made up of three tribes who came over from Europe, they were called the Angle, Saxon, and Jute tribes. The two largest were the Angle and Saxon, which is how we’ve come to know them as the Anglo-Saxons today.
They were fierce people, who fought many battles during their rule of Britain – often fighting each other! Each tribe was ruled by its own strong warrior who settled their people in different parts of the country.
fact 2:
The Anglo-Saxons didn’t like the stone houses and streets left by the Romans, so they built their own villages. They looked for land which had lots of natural resources like food, water and wood to build and heat their homes, and Britain’s forests had everything they needed. They surrounded each village with a high fence to protect cattle from wild animals like foxes and wolves, and to keep out their enemies, too!
We know what Anglo-Saxon houses were like from excavations of Anglo-Saxon villages. They were small wooden huts with a straw roof, and inside was just one room in which the whole family lived, ate, slept and socialised together – much like an ancient version of open-plan living!
The biggest house in the village belonged to the chief, which was large enough to house him and all his warriors – and sometimes even the oxen, too! It was a long hall with a stone fire in the middle, and hunting trophies and battle armour hung from its walls. There were tiny windows and a hole in the roof to allow smoke to escape.
fact 3:
Many of today’s Christian traditions came from the Anglo-Saxons, but they weren’t always Christians. When they first came over from Europe they were Pagans, worshipping lots of different gods who they believed looked different parts of their life, such as family, crop growing, weather and even war.
The Anglo-Saxons would pray to the Pagan gods to give them good health, a plentiful harvest or success in battle.
It wasn’t until the Pope in Rome sent over a missionary – a monk called Augustine – to England in 597AD, that the Anglo-Saxons became Christians. Augustine convinced the Anglo-Saxon King Ethelbert of Kent to convert to Christianity and slowly the rest of the country followed suit. Pagan temples were turned into churches and more churches (built of wood) started popping up all over Britain.
questions:
1.who where the kings during the anglo-saxon times?
2. Who made the Anglo Saxons and Vikings language?
1. Were Anglo saxons and Vikings friends?
1The Saxons were water warriors.
2They believe in many different different Gods such as odin who was ruler of the Gods.
3 They had many kings.
1how many countries did they defeat?
2 Were woman allowed in the army?
How many Gods did they worship?
Dear Mr Aitken,
The interesting facts about the Anglo Saxons and the Vikings are…
The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings were two different European tribes in the middle age.
The Anglo-Saxons and Vikings were dominated (The territories of the present United Kingdom) in the early middle age.
The Anglo-Saxons eradicated Celtic languages in England.
Anglo-Saxons caused more damage than the Vikings.
King Alfred stopped the advanced of the Vikings.
The 3 questions I have are…
How many years did it take for the Anglo Saxons to win Britain’s land?
Did the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings have a different religion than us?
Were the Anglo-Saxons friend or foe to the Vikings?
From Juliet!:)
Three facts :
They thought that potions ,stones and jewels would protect them evil spirits and sicknesses.
The Anglo Saxons settled in Britain around 450AD.
The Anglo Saxons had a very varied diet.
Three questions:
What was their language?
We’re the Anglo Saxons and the Vikings friends “?
Did they treat women differently than now?
3 facts about the Anglo -Saxons:
1) In 597, a monk called Augustine arrived in Kent, in southern England. He had been sent by the Pope (the head of our Church) to convert the Anglo-Saxon people. King Aethelbert of Kent was so impressed by Augustine that he decided to be baptised as a Christian and he insisted that all his subjects should be baptised too. Augustine set up a monastery at Canterbury which became the centre of the English Church.
2) The Anglo-Saxon people were Angles and Saxons from Angeln and Saxony (modern day Germany), and Jutes from Jutland (modern day Denmark). Their new lands became known as ‘Angle-land’ or the land of the Angles. Over time, this name changed to ‘England’.
3) Music played a very important part in Anglo-Saxon life. Poets, known as scops, sang songs and played the harp as they told their stories. Some musicians played pipes carved from wood or bone, and some played on instrument made from animal horns.
3 questions about the Anglo-Saxon:
Did the Anglo-Saxons drink wine?
When the Anglo-Saxons sailed to England without a map or compass, how did they not get lost?
When the Anglo-Saxons conquered England, what did the majority of the people living in England do? Did they run or did they continue living next to the Anglo-Saxons?
Facts :
1) Parents were allowed to sell children under the age of seven . They normally did this when there were food shortages .
2) If a child was as young as eight and she or he had stolen something they were executed .
3) Anglo-Saxons sometimes cut a hole in their head if they had a headache as they thought it let out all the evil spirits .
Questions :
1) who was the first Anglo-Saxon king ?
2) who made the Anglo-Saxons clothes ?
3) what did the Anglo-Saxons do for fun ?
Facts:
1. The Anglo Saxons were made from three different tribes called the Angle, Saxon and Jute.
2. They settled in Britain around 450AD.
3. They ate the same food as we eat today: meats, fish and vegetables
Questions:
1. Did children go to school?
2. What was an Anglo Saxon wedding like?
3. Were there hospitals?
Facts about Anglo Saxons
1.The Anglo Saxons were a strong army in Briton.
2.They helped Briton when they were defencless but insted they took they took their land from them.
2.The Anglo Saxons also belived in magic and mythical creatures like Dragons they also belived in Potions that would keep them away from sicknesses and evil.
3.Anglo saxons also belived in Gods and Godesses.
4. The Anglo-Saxons were a group of farmer-warriors who lived in Britain over a thousand years ago.
5.Made up of three tribes who came over from Europe, they were called the Angle, Saxon, and Jute tribes. The two largest were the Angle and Saxon, which is how we’ve come to know them as the Anglo-Saxons today.
6.After the Romans left Britain in 450 AD, the Anglo-Saxons sailed to Britain from Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands. They were looking for new land to settle on and farm as regular flooding in mainland Europe made it impossible to farm.
7. Anglo-Saxons believed in magic The Anglo-Saxons were very superstitious. They believed in magic spells and even dragons. They thought that potions, stones and jewels would protect them from evil spirits and sickness. Overtime the Vikings invaded Britain and Anglo-Saxon areas of Northumbria and East Anglia became Viking settlements.
8. The Anglo-Saxons were made up of three main tribes who came to Britain: the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. 3. The Anglo Saxons overthrew the British and their leader, Vortigern. At a conference between the nobles of the Britons and Anglo-Saxons somewhere between 472 and 463 AD, the Anglo-Saxons killed the British and took over.
9.The Anglo-Saxon age in Britain was from around AD410 to 1066. The Anglo-Saxons were a mix of tribes from Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. The three biggest were the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes. The land they settled in became known as ‘Angle-land’, or England. They brought Germanic languages and new customs and dress.
10.he Anglo-Saxon era ended with William of Normandy’s triumph at the battle of Hastings in 1066, which ushered in a new era of Norman rule. Here are 20 facts about this fascinating historical period: 1. The Anglo-Saxons were immigrants.
11.New people came to Britain in ships across the North Sea – the Anglo-Saxons. The Anglo-Saxon age in Britain was from around AD410 to 1066. The Anglo-Saxons were a mix of tribes from Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. The three biggest were the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes. The land they settled in became known as ‘Angle-land’, or England.
12.Life on an Anglo-Saxon farm was hard work. All the family had to help out – men, women and children. Men cut down trees to clear land to sow crops. Farmers used oxen to pull ploughs up and down long fields. The Anglo-Saxons were great craftsmen too. Metalworkers made iron tools, knives and swords.
13.The Anglo-Saxons first tried invading in the 4th century, but the Roman army were quick to send them home again! Years later – around 450AD – the Ancient Romans left Britain, the Anglo-Saxons seized their chance and this time they were successful!
They left their homes in Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark and sailed over to Britain on wooden boats. Many of them were farmers before they came to Britain and it’s thought they were on the look-out for new land as floodwaters back home had made it almost.
14.The Anglo-Saxons didn’t like the stone houses and streets left by the Romans, so they built their own villages. They looked for land which had lots of natural resources like food, water and wood to build and heat their homes, and Britain’s forests had everything they needed. They surrounded each village with a high fence to protect cattle from wild animals like foxes and wolves, and to keep out their enemies, too!
We know what Anglo-Saxon houses were like from excavations of Anglo-Saxon villages. They were small wooden huts with a straw roof, and inside was just one room in which the whole family lived, ate, slept and socialised together – much like an ancient version of open-plan living!
The biggest house in the village belonged to the chief, which was large enough to house him and all his warriors – and sometimes even the oxen, too! It was a long hall with a stone fire in the middle, and hunting trophies and battle armour hung from its walls. There were tiny windows and a hole in the roof to allow smoke to escape.
Questions:
Did the Anglo Saxons go to schools?
Did they have hospitals?
Did they fight and make wars for fun?
how many tribes have they fought?
how many king and Queens have they had?
3 facts I know about the Anglo-Saxons:
1. Most of the Anglo-Saxons were either farmers or warriors.
2. They were famous warriors.
3. The Anglo-Saxons were from the Saxons ( modern day Northern Germany )
and the Angles ( modern day Northern Denmark.
3 questions I have about the Anglo-Saxons:
1. What makes them famous warriors ?
2. Did they have a queen ? If so, what was her name ?
3. Did they have schools at that time ? If so, did they go to it ?
Three facts are:The Anglo-Saxons believed in magic, the days of the week were named after Viking gods! The first Anglo-Saxons were pagans.
Three questions are:Were did the Vikings live? Who was the last and first Anglo-Saxon to ever live? We’re did the Vikings first come from?
1] Many of the Anglo-Saxons that came over were farmers over 1000 years ago.
They settled in Britain during the second half of the fifth century that more and more Anglo-Saxons arrived to take land for themselves. It is for this reason that the time of the Anglo-Saxons is usually thought of as beginning about AD 450.
2] The Anglo-Saxons had a very varied diet which including onions, peas, parsnips and cabbage.Their favourite meats where deer and wild boar which they roasted over a fire in the middle of their houses .They also ate their meat with bread and washed it down with beer rather than water!
3]The first Anglo-Saxons were Pagans,Pagans believe that nature is sacred and that the natural cycles of birth, growth and death observed in the world around us carry profoundly spiritual meanings.In other words Pagans view the world as a place of joy and life, not of sin and suffering. They believe that the divine is here with us in the natural world, not in some faraway place in the sky. They hold a deep reverence for nature and the earth. Pagans tend to be earth conscious.
1] What Anglo-Saxon Items That belonged to the Anglo-Saxons?
2] How did the Anglo-Saxons live?
3]How did the Anglo-saxons earn money or did they not?
How did the Anglo Saxons live?
Following the end of Romans rule in Britain around the heat 410 . The Anglo saxons settlement of Britain is the process which changed the language and culture of most of what became England from Roman British to Germanic.The Germanic speakers in Britain, themselves of diverse origins, eventually developed a common cultural identity as Anglo Saxons.
Who were the Anglo Saxons and were did they come from?
When were the Anglo Saxons around?
Dear Mr Aitken.
Three facts about the Anglo-Saxons.
The origin of the Anglo-Saxon peoples.
1: The Anglo-Saxons were Germanic people who from the 5th century CE to the time of the Norman conquest in 1066. They inhabited and ruled territories that are part of England and Wales today.
The Anglo-Saxon Territories of Great Britain.
2: The Anglo-Saxon territories were not ruled by one tribe. They arrived in Great Britain as different tribes and took over different parts of Britain. The five most significant kingdoms were Kent, East Anglia, Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria. Each kingdom had a ‘cyning’, which was the name for the ‘king’, and ruled their own small army.
3: Anglo- Saxon religious beliefs:
The Anglo-Saxons worshipped the gods Tiw, Woden, Thor and Frig. From these words come the names of our days of the week: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. (So Wednesday means Woden’s Day, Thursday Thor’s Day, and Frig means Friday). Our word Easter comes from the name of the Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn, Eostre. The Anglo-Saxons became Christians in the 7th Century. The head of the Christian Church, Pope Gregory, sent Saint Augustine and a group of monks to England to persuade the Anglo-Saxons to become Christians. Also, monks like Saint Aidan and Saint Columba came from Ireland, which was already Christian, and slowly England was converted.
Questions about The Anglo-Saxons.
1: Who defeated the Anglo-Saxons?
2: What influences from the Anglo-Saxon people are still used today?
3: What did the Anglo-Saxon peoples invent?
Three facts about the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings –
1. Most of the Anglo-Saxons only had one room and they all did everything in there for
example they worked ,played ,slept and ate.
2. Most of the Anglo -Saxons where farmers they even lived in small villages.
3. Early Anglo-Saxons believed in gods and goddess.
Three questions I have –
1. What creations did the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings make?
2. Who was stronger the Anglo-Saxons or Vikings?
3. How did the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings communicate?
Some facts of anglo saxon facts
– anglo saxon were invited first from the roman and after from the britons
-the anglo saxon came from germany, denamark and the netherlands
– many of ours christmas traditions come from the anglo saxon
– the anglo saxon had a very varied diet
– the days of the week come from anglo saxon times
– anglo saxon belived in magic
-Norwich and Birmingham are named after anglo saxon settlements.
questions
-have they had universities?
-did the kids have games and playtime?
-did they have home pets?
Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
Fact 1:
When the Anglo-Saxons invaded Britain successfully, they didn’t like the houses, so they built their own villages. They looked for land which had lots of natural resources like food, water and wood to build and heat their homes, and Britain’s forests had everything they needed. They surrounded each village with a high fence to protect cattle from wild animals like foxes and wolves, and to keep out their enemies, too! The houses were wooden huts with a straw roof and there was only one room that the Anglo-Saxon lived in.
Fact 2:
Many of the Anglo-Saxons that came to Britain were farmers. When the Anglo-Saxons was in Germany, they were experiencing floods in the farmlands which made it very hard to farm. But when they arrived in England the farmlands didn’t flood which made farming much easier for them. It was easier to grow food in England’s weather which made their life happier. Farming was an incredibly important part of Anglo-Saxon life and was essential to their survival. They could not go to a supermarket when they needed food and drink, or go to a shop to buy new clothes. Therefore, they had to make sure that they could provide everything that they needed themselves. Anglo-Saxon’s diet varied depending upon how much money they had. Meat would have only been consumed by the rich. Although poorer people would have had access to meat on their farms, they would have been more likely to sell it for money.
Fact 3:
The Britons were Christians, but were now cut off from Rome, but the Anglo-Saxons remained pagan. In AD 597 St Augustine had been sent to Kent by Pope Gregory the Great to convert the Anglo-Saxons. It was a tall order for his tiny mission, but gradually the seven kingdoms did convert, and became exemplary Christians – so much so that they converted their old tribal homelands in Germany.
St Augustine of Canterbury, who was sent by Pope Gregory to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity. St Augustine is seen here preaching before Ethelbert, Anglo-Saxon King of Kent. Augustine was the first Arch Bishop of Canterbury.
One reason why they converted was because the church said that the Christian God would deliver them victory in battles. When this failed to materialise, some Anglo-Saxon kings became apostate, and a different approach was required. The man chosen for the task was an elderly Greek named Theodore of Tarsus, but he was not the pope’s first choice. Instead he had offered the job to a younger man, Hadrian ‘the African’, a Berber refugee from north Africa, but Hadrian objected that he was too young.
The truth was that people in the civilised south of Europe dreaded the idea of going to England, which was considered barbaric and had a terrible reputation. The pope decided to send both men, to keep each other company on the long journey. After more than a year (and many adventures) they arrived, and set to work to reform the English church.
Theodore lived to be 88, a grand old age for those days, and Hadrian, the young man who had fled from his home in north Africa, outlived him, and continued to devote himself to his task until his death in AD 710.
Question 1:
Why did the Anglo-Saxons believe in magic?
Question 2:
What made the Anglo-Saxons such a strong empire?
Question 3:
Where did the Anglo-Saxons come from?
3 Facts about the Anglo-Saxons
1. The Anglo-Saxons are superstitious.
2. The Anglo-Saxons came from Germany, Denmark and Netherlands.
3. Many of our Christmas traditions came from the Anglo-Saxon.
Questions
1. Who were the Anglo-Saxons?
2. Why did Anglo- Saxons come to Britain?
3. How was Anglo-Saxon Britain ruled?
3 facts about Anglo-Saxons
1. They did human sacrifice
2. Before they were pagan and then three saints brought Christianity
3.They believed in lucky charms
my questions
1.why do they do human sacrifice for their religion?
2.did they have education?
3. what myths do they have?
Anglo-Saxons and Vikings
3 facts
1. The Anglo-Saxons came from the Netherlands, Denmark, and Germany.
2. The Thanes were Anglo-Saxon lords who had to follow the king to battle.
3. There were five Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, Wessex, Mercia, Northumbria, Kent, and East Anglia.
3 questions
1. Why do they want land?
2. Why did they fight each other?
3. How did the Anglo-Saxons defeat the Vikings?
4 Facts:
1) The Anglo-Saxons ate many of the vegetables that we eat and grow today including onions, peas, parsnips and cabbage. Their favourite meats included deer and wild boar. They would roast meat over a fire in the middle of their houses. They also grew wheat which meant they were able to make bread and beer.
2) Anglo-Saxons made their own clothes out of natural materials. The men wore long-sleeved tunics made of wool or linen, often decorated with a pattern. Their trousers were woollen and held up by a leather belt from which they could hang their tools such as knives and pouches. Shoes were usually made out of leather and fastened with laces or toggles. The women would wear an under-dress of linen or wool and an outer-dress like a pinafore called a “peplos” which was held onto the underlayer by two brooches on the shoulders. Anglo-Saxon women also wore beaded necklaces, bracelets and rings.
3) The Anglo-Saxons settled into Britain around 450AD. The Anglo-Saxon period stretched over 600 years (410-1066AD).
4) Wessex was the only one of the kingdoms to survive the Viking invasions. Eric Bloodaxe, the Viking ruler of York, was killed by the Wessex army in 954 and England was united under one king – Edred.
Questions:
1) Who was the first king of the Anglo-Saxons?
can’t think of anymore (•_•;)
Anglo-Saxon Fact 1:The Anglo-Saxons came to britain because most of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms came from the North of Europe which doesn’t have farmladding,the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom with most Farmlanding was the Saxons so they decided to conquer southern Britain because it had very good farmlanding so they conquered Britain so they’re people don’t starve.
Anglo-Saxon Fact 2:The Anglo-Saxons stayed to Britain for almost 600 years from 415 AD-1050 AD, but then the Holy Roman Empire conquered Modern day’s Germany’s Land and the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms had to send their warriors to Northen Germany to Fight the Holy Roman Empire
Anglo-Saxon Fact 3:England’s name came by an Anglo-Saxon Kingdom called Angles,The Angles were the first Anglo-Saxon Kingdom to come to Britain and after in 700 AD-900 AD The Angles had conquered most of modern day’s England’s land And England also called it’s name by Anglesland.
Now that you read what I wrote I have some Questions for you.
Question 1:Why did the Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms came back to Northen Germany?
Question 2:Why some Anglo-Saxon citizens decided to stay in Britain?
Question 3:Where did England Get it’s name from?
It sti; sounds like the Saxons and the Viking were quite similar in many ways – livelihood, clothing, interests, houses were fairly simple but more than one family might live in a very large house. I thought the names of our days of the week were from the Vikings or of Danish origin? I have a rare Danish surname that goes back to at least the 1300s – although usually as a place name. My surname is Randrup. So for example Randrup Gods[Manor] in Denmark. Ours is the ONE and ONLY Randrup family in all of Canada. Populaton 38 million people. All of us children have the middle [family] name Gartner which means gardener