The UK
Nordic peoples started. The Angles, Saxons and Jutes began to settle from the sixth to the
eighth centuries, and the Angles gave England its name. These invaders introduced a new
culture to Britain, and even today British customs and habits are described as 'Anglo-Saxon'.
Anglo-Saxon England was one of the most civilised countries in Europe, with organised
systems of agriculture and trade. The Vikings ca me from Scandinavia in the tenth eentury;
they settled in the north and made the town of York the capital of their kingdom.
The last successful invasion of Britain was in 1066, which is an important date in history
books in British schools. Duke William of Normandy (William the Conqueror) defeated the
English at the Battle of Hastings, and the Normans and the French settled in Britain over the
next three centuries. French became the language of the nobility and, with Latin, the language
of the legal system and of government.
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