{"id":1963,"date":"2017-07-20T21:16:06","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T21:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ncc-zeliart\/?post_type=chapter&p=1963"},"modified":"2018-08-22T03:06:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-22T03:06:11","slug":"anglo-saxon-england","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-ncc-zeliart\/chapter\/anglo-saxon-england\/","title":{"raw":"Anglo-Saxon England","rendered":"Anglo-Saxon England"},"content":{"raw":"
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Ship's figure-head, late 4th\u00a0- 5th century, oak, 149 cm, (Germanic?\/Roman? found\u00a0Belgium) \u00a9 The Trustees of the British Museum<\/h4>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nIn the fifth century C.E.,\u00a0people from tribes called Angles, Saxons and Jutes left their homelands in northern Europe to look for a new home. They knew that the Romans had recently left the green land of Britain unguarded, so they sailed across the channel in small wooden boats. This warlike dragon figurehead is from a ship of that time.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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The Britons did not give in without a fight, but after many years the invaders managed to overcome them, driving them to the west of the country. The Anglo-Saxons were to rule for over 500 years.<\/div>\r\n
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Some objects were left behind by the Anglo-Saxons which have given us clues about how they lived. The British Museum is\u00a0home to the largest and finest Anglo-Saxon collection in the world.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Left:\u00c6thelwulf Ring<\/em>, c. 828-58 C.E., niello, gold, 2.8 cm diameter, and right:\u00a0\u00c6thelswith Ring<\/em>, c. 853-74 C.E., niello, gold, 2.6 cm in diameter, both England\u00a0\u00a9 Trustees of the British Museum<\/h4>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Map of Anglo-Saxon England<\/h4>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\nAnglo-Saxon England was divided into the five main kingdoms of Wessex, East Anglia, Mercia, Northumbria and Kent, each with its own king.\u00a0Kings often died early and violent deaths. As well as fighting against each other for power, they had to keep their own nobles happy, or they might rise up against them. One way that they did this was to give them expensive presents.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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The ring on the left was perhaps given to a noble by King \u00c6thelwulf of Wessex. The other ring has AD on it which stands for \"Agnus Dei\"\u00a0meaning \"Lamb of God\"\u00a0in Latin. On the back the name \u00c6thelswith has been cut. She was \u00c6thelwulf\u2019s daughter and the ring might have been a gift she gave to someone to show her favour.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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\u00c6thelwulf Ring, c. 828-58 C.E., niello, gold, 2.8 cm diameter, England\u00a0\u00a9\u00a0Trustees of the British Museum<\/h4>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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Ship’s figure-head, late 4th\u00a0– 5th century, oak, 149 cm, (Germanic?\/Roman? found\u00a0Belgium) \u00a9 The Trustees of the British Museum<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In the fifth century C.E.,\u00a0people from tribes called Angles, Saxons and Jutes left their homelands in northern Europe to look for a new home. They knew that the Romans had recently left the green land of Britain unguarded, so they sailed across the channel in small wooden boats. This warlike dragon figurehead is from a ship of that time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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