When the king of Northumbria decided to support the Roman Church, the Celtic Church retreated. So England became Christian very quickly. By 660 only Sussex & the Isle of Wight had not accepted the new faith. Latin became the language of the Church. From the end of the 8th cent. and during the 9th & 10th centuries Western Europe was attacked by new barbarians who came from the North Norway, Sweden & Denmark and were called Northmen. In different countries they were known as the Vikings, the Normans, the Danes. As England was more often raided from Denmark, the new invaders came to be known in English history as the Danes, the Norwegians invaded Ireland & Scotland. The Danes were of the same Germanic race as the Anglo-Saxons, but they still lived in tribes, were pagans. The Danes were well armed with long swords, spears, daggers, axes, bows, iron helmets & chain armour. Their ships were sailing-boats, but they were also provided wiht oars
N. A. Vavilov ASPECTS OF BRITISH HISTORY Н. А. Вавилов КРАТКАЯ ИСТОРИЯ ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИИ Учебное пособие на английском языке Москва Институт международного права и экономики имени А. С. Грибоедова 2008 2 УТВЕРЖДЕНО кафедрой лингвистики и переводоведения Вавилов Н.А. Краткая история Великобритании: Учебное пособие на английском языке. – 2-е изд., пересмотр. и испр. – М.: ИМПЭ им. А.С. Грибоедова, 2008. �
Redwald was buried in a ship under a mound, with his armour, weapons, treasures Ceremonial whetstsone can be scarcely anything than a sceptre Treasure is now in British museum Alfred the Great and the rise of Wessex to cultural pre-eminence Alfred the Great was the king of southern Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, stands out for his social and educational reforms and for military successes against Danes Improved the army and navy, bought vessels bigger than vikings The first town planner By 880s Wessex was covered with public strongholds, grid of streets, planned fortified towns where landowners, traders and crafters started marketing First English king who worte books More learned laity Danelaw, Viking territories in the British Isles During 9th C all Scottish Islands and the Isdle of Man went to the Vikings The Danes invaded East Anglia, Northumbria, Mercia and established their kingdom- Danelaw
He limited the practice of blood feuds and took steps to protect the weak. He also promoted learning and literacy, inviting scholars from neighboring nations and Europe to his court during the lulls in fighting. Alfred was not only a great military leader but a ruler with foresight. Thanks to his actions, Wessex became a cultural pre-eminence. King Alfred encouraged his subjects to learn to read English, and saw to it that books were made available in the language. *Danelaw and other Viking territories in the British Isles The Danelaw is a historical name given to the part of Great Britain in which the laws of the "Danes" dominated those of the Anglo-Saxons. The prosperity of the Danelaw led to its becoming a target for the Vikings. The Vikings also made raids in Ireland and founded the cities of Cork, Dublin and Limerick. The Vikings and Scandinavians settled down and intermixed with the Irish. By the mid-ninth
They established kingdoms in southern and eastern England. The gradual intermarriage of these new waves of invaders and the people already living in Briton created what was called Anglo-Saxon England `Angle-land'. The Angles and the Saxons became the most powerful tribes in England with the Saxons in southern England and the Angles in the north. The language the Anglo-Saxons spoke (Anglo-Saxon German) gradually developed into Old English. Old English was not a written language. In 787 the Vikings began their invasion from Denmark. They mercilessly raided and pillaged coastal towns in Britain. The king of Wessex, Alfred the Great, resisted and defeated the Vikings in 886. A treaty the Danelaw was signed between King Alfred the Great of Wessex and Guthrum, Danish king of East Anglia. England was divided. Later, the Anglo-Saxon dynasty was restored and lasted until 1066. The last famous Saxon king of England was Edward the Confessor.
In one case, the chronicle was still being actively updated in 1154. Nine manuscripts survive in whole or in part, though not all are of equal historical value and none of them are the original version. 8. Beowulf Beowulf is the most famous heroic poem (written down 8-9cc) Beowulf is a war-leader from Scandinavia.He rescued the land of the Danes from a man-like monster Grendel. The monster kills the hero.The poet describes the funeral and how warriors mourned their king. 9. The Vikings, their way of life. Sutton Hoo In 789 three ships carrying Northmen (Vikings vikingr = pirate, raider in the old Norwegian) landed on the coast of the kingdom of the West Saxon. Many were sailors who sailed looking for plunder, trade and land for new settlements. Their craftworkers made beautiful objects. Most of the written evidence about the Vikings in England comes from ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE (892) Vikings lived in country settlements, grew crops, vegetables, kept animals,
2,000 years. The first bridge across the Thames in London was built by the Romans around 50 AD. It was built near the present site of the London Bridge and it was made of wood. The site was chosen because it was the place where the Thames was rather low most of the time. This wooden bridge was destroyed in 60 AD by the army of Queen Boudicca. The new bridge was also built around the place of the present bridge. In 1014 the bridge was pulled down by the Norwegian Vikings who tried to conquer London. It is thought that the well-known nursery rhyme "London Bridge is Falling Down" speak about that time. The bridge was repaired, but it was destroyed by a heavy storm in 1091, once more rebuilt and destroyed yet again by fire in 1136. After the fire a new bridge was built and this time it was made of stone. This bridge served Londoners for over 600 years. By the end of the 18th century it was clear that this old bridge was too narrow and old
Friday, Thor Thursday, Angle-land England. The Anglo-Saxons divided the cuntry into small warring kingdoms Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, Sussex, Essex, Kent, East Anglia. Due to constant conflict weakened the kingdoms. The political power was in Wessex, which was the most powerful of the kingdoms. The Anglo-Saxons were farmers and fishermen and lived in small communities. They deployed a crop rotation over three fields; used heavy ploughs. In 787 AD came the Vikings from Scandinavia, who set up their own state Danelaw. Had their own religion, however their rituals did not demand sacrifices. Introduced new words (1800). Placenames withe suffixes -by and -dale. They had their own customs and laws, which we know due to sagas (oral history). They had no written language. Beowulf Beowulf is an epic or a long poem describing the adventures of an hero. It belongs to the
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