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British History ( origins – 1066 CE). Fabio Pesaresi. Beaker culture. Arrived 2500 BCE introduced food and drinks vessels of clay built megalithic monuments (Stonehenge, Avebury ). Stonehenge. Celts ( around 700 BCE). Iron instead of Bronze Skilled craftsmen Druids.
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BritishHistory( origins – 1066 CE) Fabio Pesaresi
Beaker culture • Arrived 2500 BCE • introducedfood and drinksvesselsofclay • builtmegalithicmonuments (Stonehenge, Avebury)
Ironinsteadof Bronze • Skilledcraftsmen • Druids
Roman occupation • Claudius (41-54 CE) • Hadrian (76-138 CE) builds the wallagainstraidersfrom the north
Roads & baths • Cities (London, Manchester, York, Bath) • Mining (silver) • Urban Culture
NO language NO Christianity
Toponyms CASTRA -chester, -caster Manchester , Doncaster, Chester
409 The Romans leave Britain no more military defense no more stable economy no more administration
King Arthur • Fictional • Represents the end of the Celtic world
Germanic Tribes • Angles • Saxons • Jutes
Toponyms • - ing (= folk) Reading • - ham (= farm) Birmingham • - ton (= settlement) Southampton
Christianization St. Augustine (597) first Primate of Canterbury & Irish monks
CelticChristianity • based in monasteries • AbbotsinsteadofBishops • more independentfrom Rome
Roman Church • establishedparishes • builtchurchesallover England
Viking raids • 865 - “Great Army” • by 875 only Wessex is Anglo-Saxon. • 878 - the Vikings attack Wessex and king Alfred flees to the Somerset marshes.
King Alfred the Great(871-899) • fought the Vikings • built a fleet • assembled Anglo-Saxon laws • promoted education and scholarship • translated Latin works into Anglo-Saxon • encouraged the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (till 1154)
Ethelred (d. 1016) pays the Danish Money(Danegeld) • Canute (1016-1035)electedkingby the ‘witan’ (royalcouncil)
Edward the Confessor(1042-1066) • saintly life • Built Westminster Abbey