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Interactive Time Line

Milestone: The Celts in Britain
Milestone: The Roman Occupation
Milestone: The Anglo-Saxon Invasion
Milestone: King Alfred against the Danes
Milestone: The Spread of Christianity
Milestone: The Norman Invasion
What Have You Learned?
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Celts in Britain Anglo-Saxon
Invasion
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Roman Occupation King Alfred
against
the Danes

300 A.D. A.D. A.D. A.D. A.D.

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Spread of Christianity
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u Britain home to several

Celtic tribes
u Britain named for one
Celtic tribe²the
Brythons
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Julius Caesar invades Britain

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Celts defeated by Claudius
u Romans build walls, villas,
baths, roads
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Romans evacuate their troops
u Britain left vulnerable to attack
u Central government breaks down Roman ruins
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Angles
Saxons
Celts

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into the far west of the country.
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u kinship groups led by
strong warrior chief
u people farmed,
established local
governments,
produced fine
craftwork
u nglish emerged as a
written language
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u offered no hope of an afterlife
u valued earthly virtues of bravery, loyalty,
generosity, and friendship
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u called scops
u strummed harp as they sang
u sang of heroic deeds
u were often warriors
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afterlife
u warriors gained immortality
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ikings called Danes
invade Britain
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is king of ngland.

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Anglo-Saxons against
King Sweyn and his Danish troops
the Danes. arrive in ngland, from a
manuscript (c. 14th century)

ngland becomes a nation.

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u Christian monks
settle in Britain
u Christianity and
Anglo-Saxon
culture co-exist
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u British pagan
religions replaced by
Christianity
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u William of Normandy crosses the nglish
Channel
u William defeats Harold and Anglo-Saxon army
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rench replaces
nglish as the
language of the
ruling class

The Norman Invasion,

Bayeux Tapestry
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the time before, during, or after the Anglo-Saxon
era.

during
[[[[[[ iking invaders terrorized ngland.
after
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rench became the language of the
ruling class.
during
[[[[[[ ngland became unified under Alfred the
Great.
before
[[[[[[ Animism was the primary religious belief.
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This image is in a
manuscript produced by
monks. The artist has
tried to create an illusion
of depth by stacking the
objects one upon the
other.
, Describe what
is taking place in this
scene. What feeling is
expressed on the faces of
the men?
Oainted around 1130,
this page relates the life
of Saint dmund, an
nglish king who
became a saint.