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• The term “Anglo-Saxon” • fall of the Roman Empire • 600 years • Small tribal groups > four kingdoms • The Angles, The Saxons, The Jutes

The Angles • Germanic-speaking people • Angeln • root of the name "England“ • Tacticus (1 st century AD)

The Saxons • The first mention • Kingdom of Essex, the province of Middlesex, Kingdom of Sussex, Kingdom • Ghjk of Wessex • Language • Mythology • modern-day descendants

The Jutes • One of the most powerful peoples of Germany • originated from Jutland • Hampshire, Kent and the Isle of Wight

Languages • Old English • Middle English • West Saxon • Mercian • Northumbrian • Kentish

Everyday life • Agricultural people • freemen and slaves • No shops • Travelling pedlars • Self-sufficient villages • Town names ending in ‘ham’

Architecture • • • Wooden houses with thatched roofs one room re-using Roman materials at least fifty churches Churches were built of stone or brick

Literature and art • Venerable Bede • illuminated manuscripts • “Beowulf” • ivory carvings • works in metal and other materials

Sources • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Jutes • http: //www. britannica. com/EBchecked/topic/308 936/Jute • http: //answers. yahoo. com/question/index? qid=2 0100925202638 AAEff. Iv • http: //britishstudies. pbworks. com/Anglo. Saxon+Britain • • http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Angles http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Saxons http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Anglo-Saxons http: //www. bbc. co. uk/history/ancient/anglo_saxons/s axons. shtml

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