HISTORY OF BRITAIN. BRITAIN AFTER THE ROMANS: THE SAXONS.
After the Romans, many different cultures lived in and influenced what´s nowadays the Bristish culture
and language. When the Roman empire was collapsing the Saxons came in to conquer the island.
Let´s start by knowing about them:
HORRIBLE HISTORIES: THE ANGLO SAXON REPORT
HORRIBLE HISTORIES: SMASHING SAXONS. INVASION, INVASION, INVASION
HORRIBLE HISTORIES: SAXONS FEAR OF MYTHOLOGICAL MONSTER
HORRIBLE HISTORIES: SAXON XMAS PRESENTS
HORRIBLE HISTORIES: WORDS WE GET FROM THE SAXONS.
Now it´s time for you to learn more about the Saxons:
The Romans invaded Britain in 1 . Before them the 2 had been living on the island. The last Roman soldiers left 3 in 410 AD.
Without Roman soldiers to defend them, the Britons were afraid of raids from the 4 of the North, the current Scotland. Some British leaders paid Anglo-Saxons to fight for them.
A history book called 5 describes how in AD449 two Jutes named 6 were invited to Britain by a British king called 7. He paid them and their men to fight the Picts.
Instead, the Jutes turned on Vortigern and seized his kingdom.
New people began to arrive on the island. They came in ships across the North Sea. Historians call them the 8 .
Most of them were Saxons, coming from 9 , Angles, from 10 in Germany; and Jutes, who came from 11 peninsula, in Denmark.
They settled in Britain in 12 . Most Saxons worshipped their gods and goddesses similar to the Celts, but the arrival of St. Augustine in 13 converted most of them to 14 .
EVERYDAY LIFE
When they settled they preferred to live in 15 . Some Saxons lived in small groups of three or four 16.
Anglo-Saxons homes were made of 17 with 18 roofs. Each family shared a house. About 19 trees were needed to provide enough wood to build a house.
In 20 , Suffolk, archaelogists discovered remains of an Anglo-Saxon village and reconstructed it.
Anglo-Saxons were mostly subsistant 21 . They grew crops of different cereals as well as vegetables and fruit.
Their daily diet was based on 22 . Only rich Saxons ate meat frequently and drank wine. Ordinary Saxons drank 23 .
They also raised 24 . Winters were very cold so they killed the animals and kept the meat salted.
Some Anglo-Saxons were potters or jewellers. They created beautiful and intricate brooches, rings and bracelets from copper, bronze and silver. Most of them have been found in 25 .
As for clothes men wore 26 where as women used to wear 27.
A new culture would conquest and expand over Britain from 800 AD, the 28.
1 a) 34AD b) 43 AD c) 43 BC
2. a) Romans b) Saxons c) Celts
3. a) Rome b) Britain c) Greece
4. a) Britons b) Romans c) Picts
5. a) The Book of Kells b) The Anglo Saxon Chronicle c) The Bible
6. a) Hengist and Horsa b) Romulus and Remus c) Boudika and Setanta
7. a) Arthur b) Vortigern c) Mordred
8 a) Anglish b) Angels c) Angles
9. a) North Germany b) South Germany c) Italy
10. a) East Anglia b) Angeln c) English
11. a) Jululandia b) Jutlandish c) Jutland
12. a) 1449 AD b) 449 AD c) 494 AD
13. a) 1492 AD b) 579 AD c) 597 AD
14. .a) Paganism b) Christianity c) Buddhism
15. a) Roman villages b) round houses c) Small towns
16. a) clans b) Towns c) families
17 a) iron b) straw c) wood
18 a) thatched b) copper c) rotten
19 a) 15 b) 16 c) 18
20. a) West Ham b) West Anglia c) West Stow
21. a) hunters b) barbarians c) farmers
22 a) bread, meat and eggs b) bread, cheese and eggs c) fish, meat and cheese
23. a) beer and wine b) mead and wine c) mead and beer
24. a) goats, cattle ,pigs and sheep b) dogs, cattle ,figs and sheep
c) coats, baggettes ,figs and sheets
25. a) shops b) villages c) excavations
26. a) a shirt and tunic with cloaks b) linen garments with tunics and mantles
27. a) a shirt and tunic with cloaks b) linen garments with tunics and mantles
28. a) Tudors b) Normans c) Vikings
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