The Anglo-Saxon conquest
The Anglo-Saxon Conquest
In the 5th century, first the
Jutes and then the Saxons and the Angles began to invade Britain.
•The Jutes and the Angles came from the Jutland
Peninsular.
•The Saxons came from the territory lying between the
Rhine and the Elbe which was later on called Saxony.
The reasons why the anglo-saxons settle in Britain
• To collect stones to build their huts on
• To use the better soil to grow crops
• Lands were often flooded • The land was warmer
• To have the precious objects and gold
• The rivers gave easy routes in land
It took 150 years to conquer the Celts
• There were times that the Britons didn’t want the Angles and
Saxons to advance and also there was sometimes leaders that arise and stopped the Anglo and Saxons for a short times like king Arthur, but when the leaders died they advance.
• There were also times couldn’t advance to the next city because some Britons didn’t want to leave their homes for the barbarians to stay there, but the Angles and Saxons always were savage warriors and they forced them to leave.
They didn’t manage to conquer the west (Cornwall and Wales) and the north
(Scotland) of the British Isles and Ireland
Eventually the invaders settled down and formed a number of small kingdoms the Heptarchy (гептархия):
1.Sussex (South Saxons)
2.Wessex (West Saxons)
3.Essex (East Saxons)
4.Northumbria
5.Mercia
6.East Anglia
7.Kent
The Anglo-Saxons were pagans and remained so for some time.
The days of the week were named after their Gods
Sunday
Sun’s day
Monday
Moon’s day
Tuesday
Tuesco’s day (Tiu) – god of darkness
Wednesday
Woden’s day (god of war)
Thursday
Thor’s day (god of Thunder)
Friday
Freya’s day (goddess of Peace and Plenty)
Saturday
Saturn’s
Conclusion
In the 5th century, first the
Jutes and then the Saxons and the Angles began to invade Britain.
•The Jutes and the Angles came from the Jutland
Peninsular.
•The Saxons came from the territory lying between the
Rhine and the Elbe which was later on called Saxony.
The reasons why the anglo-saxons settle in Britain
• To collect stones to build their huts on
• To use the better soil to grow crops
• Lands were often flooded • The land was warmer
• To have the precious objects and gold
• The rivers gave easy routes in land
It took 150 years to conquer the Celts
• There were times that the Britons didn’t want the Angles and
Saxons to advance and also there was sometimes leaders that arise and stopped the Anglo and Saxons for a short times like king Arthur, but when the leaders died they advance.
• There were also times couldn’t advance to the next city because some Britons didn’t want to leave their homes for the barbarians to stay there, but the Angles and Saxons always were savage warriors and they forced them to leave.
They didn’t manage to conquer the west (Cornwall and Wales) and the north
(Scotland) of the British Isles and Ireland
Eventually the invaders settled down and formed a number of small kingdoms the Heptarchy (гептархия):
1.Sussex (South Saxons)
2.Wessex (West Saxons)
3.Essex (East Saxons)
4.Northumbria
5.Mercia
6.East Anglia
7.Kent
The Anglo-Saxons were pagans and remained so for some time.
The days of the week were named after their Gods
Sunday
Sun’s day
Monday
Moon’s day
Tuesday
Tuesco’s day (Tiu) – god of darkness
Wednesday
Woden’s day (god of war)
Thursday
Thor’s day (god of Thunder)
Friday
Freya’s day (goddess of Peace and Plenty)
Saturday
Saturn’s
Conclusion