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 sur...
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Anglo-Saxon, term used historically to describe any member of the Germanic peoples who, from the 5th century CE to the time of the Norman Conquest (1066), inhabited and ruled territories that are now in England and Wales. The peoples grouped together as
Eadred was the son of the West Saxon king Edward the Elder (ruled 899–924) and Eadgifu, the half brother of King Athelstan (ruled 924–939), and the brother of King Edmund I (ruled 939–946). Upon Eadred’s accession to power, the Northumbrians acknowledged his overlordship, but ...
The two most famous Anglo-Saxon kings are Alfred the Great and Canute the Great. Top 10 facts The Anglo-Saxons are made up of three tribes who came to England from across the North Sea around the middle of the 5th century: the Angles, Saxons and Jutes. For a long time, England wasn...
Best children's books about the Anglo Saxons, including retellings of Beowulf and Arthurian legends.
Here are 10 facts about King Harold Godwinson. 1. Harold was the son of a great Anglo-Saxon lord Harold’s father Godwin had risen from obscurity to become the Earl of Wessex in the reign ofCnut the Great. One of the most powerful and wealthy figures of Anglo-Saxon England, Godwin was...
Prepare for battle kids, because we’re about to take a trip back in time in our Anglo-Saxon facts, to a time 1,600 years ago when fierce warriors ruled Great Britain! Ever wondered what it might be like stepping foot inAnglo-Saxon England? Find everything you’ll ever need to know ...
Edwin was an Anglo-Saxon king of Northumbria from 616 to 633. He was the most powerful English ruler of his day and the first Christian king of Northumbria. The son of King Aelle of Deira, one of the two Northumbrian kingdoms, Edwin fled into exile when
United Kingdom - Scandinavian Invasions, Britain, Anglo-Saxons: Small scattered Viking raids began in the last years of the 8th century; in the 9th century large-scale plundering incursions were made in Britain and in the Frankish empire as well. Though