Early History of England English 12
The original inhabitants of England? The Celts preliterates
55 BC-43 AD The Romans
Hadrian’s Wall Picts
410 Romans left
3 Germanic Tribes The Angles The Saxons The Jutes
ANGLELAND
Three Things that United the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes A common language
Three Things that United the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes A common language Old English
Three Things that United the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes A common language A common religion
Three Things that United the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes A common language A common religion Old English Christianity
The Danes!!
Three Things that United the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes A common language A common religion A common enemy Old English Christianity
King Alfred the Great
DANELAW
Stressed learning and literature King Alfred the Great Defeated the Danes Stressed learning and literature
~ 1000 Ethelred the Unready
Dear King of the Danes, ………………. ……………… Respectfully, Ethelred Dear Ethelred, ………………. ……………… Your friend, King of the Danes
DANEGELD
1015 NORWAY
London Bridge
1016 Canute
“Merry sang the Monks of Ely As Canute the King came rowing by…”