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Migration & Empire : Early Britain
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Britain in the 700s to 1300s
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Migration & Empire : Early Britain
Angles & Saxons
In the 5th century, people from northern Europe, Anglia, Jutland, Saxony and Frisii, migrated to England
They left because their homes were susceptible to floods easily (lowlands)
Crops were hard to grow in their conditions
They settled quickly in England and made use of it's fertile land
Norsemen
Around the 700s, Vikings began raiding and pillaging monasteries, villages and towns on the English Coast
Danegeld: gold given to the Vikings from the Anglo-Saxons to pay them off from attacking
Danelaw: lands of England occupied by the Vikings
Normans
Invaded England in 1066 led by Duke William of Normandy
Originally from Scandinavia (Normans -> Norse Men)
Descendants of Rollo (viking)
Alfred the Great
Fought off the Vikings and saved England
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Anglo Saxon Migration 5th Cen (binary/octet-stream)
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