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| When did the Anglo-Saxons invade Britain? |
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| The Anglo-Saxons invaded Britain in 449 A.D. after the Roman troops left |
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| What did they do after the invasion? |
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| After their invasion they destroyed Roman civilization and enslaved the Celtic population. |
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Who were they, and where did they come from? |
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| They were the Jutes, who came from Northern Denmark; the Angles, who came from Southern Denmark; and the Saxons, who came from Saxony. |
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What about their religion? |
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| The Anglo-Saxons were completely pagan and worshipped the forces of Nature. |
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| When did Christianity first come to Britain? |
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The Anglo-Saxons became Christians in 597 when Pope Gregory the Great sent the first missionaries. |
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Who began to convert the Anglo-Saxons? |
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| The first missionary war Saint Augustine, who converted Kent. After this conversion England made rapid progress in civilization. |
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Why was Alfred the greatest Anglo-Saxon King? |
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| Alfred was the greatest Anglo-Saxon King because he organized the army and the navy, built churches and schools, wrote a code of laws and translated many Latin works into the Saxon language. |
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| The Danes were pirates coming from the coasts of Scandinavia. They were also called “Vikings”. |
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| When did the Anglo-Saxon supremacy end? |
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| The Anglo-Saxon supremacy ended in 1066 with the Norman Conquest when William the Conqueror defeated the Anglo-Saxon King Harold at Hastings. |
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What happened when the Normans invaded Britain? |
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| The Normans, who came from France, invaded England introducing the feudal system of government and their language, French. |
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