ANGLO SAXONS information about Anglo Saxons.

SAXON FOOD The Anglo-Saxons loved eating and drinking and would often have feasts in the hall. The food was cooked over the fire in the middle of the house; meat was roasted and eaten with bread. They drank ale and mead - a kind of beer made sweet with honey - from great goblets and drinking horns. Most Anglo-Saxons were vegetarians because they could not get meat very often. Wild animals such as deer and wild boar were common but could only be killed by the people who owned the land. Only a few Anglo- Saxons were wealthy enough to pay for a dead animal.

SAXON ARMIES Anglo-Saxon armies were usually small, with only a few hundred men. The soldiers had spears, axes, swords and bows and arrows. There was lots of pushing yelling and nasty wounds. They wore helmets and carried wooden shields. The most feared Anglo-Saxon weapon was an axe, but the most precious weapon was a sword. It took hours of work by a smith to craft a sword. He softened iron in a red hot fire, twisted iron rods together and hammered the sword into shape.

SAXON FACTS The Angle, Saxon, and Jute are known as the Anglo-Saxons. The Angles and the Saxon tribes were the largest of the three attacking tribes and so we often know them as Anglo-Saxons. They shared the same language but were each ruled by different strong warriors. The Anglo-Saxons were warrior-farmers and came from north-western Europe. They started to invade Britain while the romans were still in control. Knives and spears are often found in Anglo-Saxon men's graves. This says they were involved in hunting, fighting and farming.

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