Invasions - Germanic tribes raided Britain as Roman hold weakened.
- Angles, Saxons and Jutes raided, then started to settle. Celts pushed westwards.
- Anglo-Saxon language - Germanic, many words, especially the most common.
Anglo-Saxon Britain - Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Wessex, Essex, Sussex, Middlesex, Mercia, East Anglia, Northumbria.
- Political and social organisation: council to advise king. Shires. Strip-farming.
- Christianity and Britain. 597 St. Augustine. Became first Archbishop of Canterbury 601.
Anglo-Saxon Britain - Christian Church (especially Roman "branch") relationship with power.
- Trade with Europe.
- Late 8th century Viking raids. By late 9th century they had even started to settle. Anglo-Saxon king Alfred able to raise an army against Vikings, defeat them in battle and hold the West (878): Danelaw in East and North.
Settlements Anglo-Saxon Britain - Alfred (the Great) had been king of the West Saxons.
- Succeeded by Edward the elder, king of the Angles and Saxons,
- himself succeeded by two sons, Athelstan King of West Saxons and Mercians, and Edmund, King of the English (940-6)
- 1016 Edmund Ironside King of England.
Viking/Norman/Saxon Britain ... - King Canute (Cnut) king 1016, but with powerful Saxon counsellor(s)
- Edward (the Confessor) 1042 (Norman ... with Saxon Godwin pulling the strings ...)
- Built church to the West of London (Westminster)
- Died 1066 - no son. Who was to succeed him?
Viking/Norman/Saxon Britain ... - Harold Godwinson claimed Edward had held out his hand on his death bed to pass the crown on to him.
- Over in Normandy, William claimed Harold had promised not to take the throne during a visit to Normandy a year or two earlier ... In 1066, Harold had to fight a major battle ... in the North, against Danish forces. He won.
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