Suurbritannia ühiskond ja kultuur konspekt
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,
hunted animals, birds, fish. Vikings were great traders in town markets.
JORVIK typical Viking town
9th c. V. moved to the islands of Shetland, Orkneys, the Hebrides, Ireland
Sutton Hoo near Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, is the Anglo-Saxon burial place from the 6th
century and early 7th century, which was found in 1939. The wooden ship, which was buried there,
contained lots of armour, weapons, jewellery, symbols of power and other treasures, but no bodies
were found.
10. Roman conquest
In the 1st c. BC the Roman Empire began to make contact with Britain (wine, pottery, small
bronze statues)