Saxons and Vikings Flashcards
In the 4th century what happened to the Roman Empire?
It grew weaker
What tribes from Northern Europe came to raid Roman Britain?
The Angles and the Saxons
What date had Roman rule ended?
410 AD
By defeating indigenous British tribes the Angles and Saxons settled what did they then name Britain?
Angland (which now means England)
How many kingdoms in England did the Angles and Saxons form?
Seven large kingdoms
What are the dark ages?
This is often used because most Roman advances were lost and frequent wars made life hard!
Why do historians not know much about the dark ages?
Not much was written down!
Why do historians now prefer to call the dark ages the early Middle Ages?
As they now know that important cultural and religious progress happened
When did Vikings from Scandinavia begin to raid Britain?
In the late 8th century
The Vikings settled in 9th century and fought the Saxons who were lead by who?
King Alfred the great
What did Alfred do?
Stop the Vikings from taking over the whole country
England was divided into three areas what were they?
The Viking territory,The Danelaw and Alfred’s Saxon kingdom
In 1016 who united England under his rule?
The Viking king Canute
Cnut’s empire included ?
England,Norway and Denmark
