1. Anglo-Saxons: Angles, Saxons, Jutes; Bede, Beowulf
Tallinn French School
Jaan Markus Jüriväli

2. Anglo-Saxons Anglos, Saxons and Jutes (Denmark and Northern Germany
Started raiding in the 5th century
The Heptarchy (Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria)
Began building towns in the 7th century (-ham)
Celts were driven upland

3. Language Welsh has survived the best
Saxons gave England the language, Angles the name

4. People An agricultural people Self-sufficient villages
Very little trading

5. Christianity Began in the 6th century
St Augustine of Canterbury became the
archbishop,
restored a link to Christianity
Anglo-Saxons were originally polytheistic
Promoted the growth of big landed estates

6. Literature The Venerable Bede („father of English history“)
„Ecclesiastical History of the English people“
„Beowulf“

7. Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Anglo-Saxon_England
„British history“

8. Thank you!