Migration & Empire : Early Britain

Migration & Empire : Early Britain

1. 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

2. 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

3. Normans

   • Invaded England in 1066 led by Duke William of Normandy
   • Originally from Scandinavia (Normans -> Norse Men)
   • Descendants of Rollo (viking)

4. Alfred the Great

   • Fought off the Vikings and saved England

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