Week 3 (there was no week 2) Flashcards
1
Q
Conquest according to Bede
A
3 ships with 3 tribes
2
Q
What really happened
A
- Gradual process (250 years)
- combination of kingdoms
- later stages: small kingdoms combined into bigger ones
3
Q
Heptarchy
A
700 AD
- Northumbria
- Mercia
- Wessex
- Essex
- Sussex
- Kent
- East Anglia
4
Q
What happened to Britons?
A
some went to Wales
Anglo-Saxons committed genocide
5
Q
Religion
A
- Britons were Christians (introduced by romans)
- proven by written sources and archeology (Sutton Hoo)
6
Q
Conversion of Anglo-Saxons: Irish mission
A
first
led by St. Columba
King of Northumbria was converted –> gives Lindisfarne to monks
7
Q
Conversion of Anglo-Saxons: Roman mission
A
597: St. Augustine arrives in England (KNOW DATE)
- converts king of Kent
- Builds Canterbury
- Libellus Responsium
8
Q
Religious conflict
A
664: king Oswig calls meeting to decide which Christianity to follow (KNOW DATE)
9
Q
Conversion complete
A
650-700, Roman Christianity wins
