The Anglo-Saxons and the Norman Conquest. Tina and Karishma

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1 Th Anglo-Saxons and th Norman Conqust Tna and Karshma

2 Essntal Quston! In what ways hav th Anglo-Saxons mpactd th Mddl Ags, n trms of cultur and th Englsh languag?

3 Conqurng Brtan

4 Sttlmnt Thy took control of most of Brtan but not Scotland, Wals and Cornwall Sttld n England nar th sasd bcaus t was asly rachd by boat Mostly sttld n Tonbrdg, Knt At th tm, England was havly covrd n trs, thr wr only about a fw thousand of th sttlrs It was an asy plac for thm to sttl du to th xcss lumbr. Th nwcomrs would fnd a plac to start a vllag thn chop down th surroundng forst to mak farmland

5 Lfstyl: Houss Som o from y a w a f thm b kp ult o t d woodn Tr s and b houss r t n nsd any Roma mall th walls s n v of Roma to l d r r n f towns. O a fw pr r v thrs cl ow ard ags h spacs l l th v d t n th fo b a nh rst to buld vll lags l v man o ags an R d d mak nw fld bandon a ns w s. o t d n cts a Fun Fact: It took about 18 trs to provd nough wood to buld a Saxon hous Wors hpp d go natu ds of r, s p r ngs, wlls, roc ks, a trs nd Most sttl mnt wr s vry sm wth j ust tw all, o or thr faml s

6 Lfstyl: Cloths and Wapons ly lnn l a c p y t s a Shlds wr round, All cloth w Mn wo r o m r rob lns, th o o mad of wood w s d n o a r tuncs womn g n b and wor dr outfts v s n covrd wth lathr, p x s ss tha thr f t rach d t and had an ron d colourfully dy Th com mon w apon w th sp as ar mad wth a svn f oot long ash sha and an ft ron ha d boss n th cntr Only th noblty usd swords

7 Lfstyl: Farmng Most popl s lvng cam from farmng Most frquntly grown crops wr what, oats, ry, and barly (both as a cral and as th bas for br), pas, bans, and lntls wr also common. Hony was th only swtnr n us, and t was usd to mak mad Pgs wr a major food anmal, as wr cattl, goats, and shp Anglo-Saxon rddl: My nos ponts downwards. I crawl along dggng nto th ground.

8 Englsh Languag W v got a lttl vdo for you

9 Englsh Languag Cont... Thy spok dstnct languags whch latr volvd to Old Englsh ntroduc frst vdo hr Dvlopd from Grmanc dalcts Spokn and usd from th 5th Cntury to th 11th Cntury Spakrs of Old Englsh calld thr languag Englsc, thmslvs Angl, Anglcynn or Anglfolc and thr hom Anglcynn or Englaland. Old Englsh wrtng bgan to appar n th 8th Cntury n Wst Saxons. At th tm, thr wr 4 major dalcts: Wst Saxon, Mrcan, Northumbran, and Kntsh

10 Who wr th Normans? Vkngs that sttld along th coast of Franc Wr known as th Norsman from Norway by th locals Evntually bcam Normans and th land thy lvd n s known as Normandy today Through a truc wth Franc, Normandy bcam a duchy (trrtory) of Franc and thr ladr was known as th Duk of Normandy

11 Norman Conqust: Caus In 1066, th Kng of England, Edward th Confssor dd---last yar of th AngloSaxon s powr Snc Edward had no chldrn or hrs, thr wr thr mn that all wantd th crown for thr own rasons: Kng Harald Hardrada of Norway Bfor Edward ruld, England was ruld by a Scandnavan Kng calld Kng Cnut th Grat. Snc Edward had no hrs, Harald though that England should b undr Scandnavan rul agan Earl Harold Godwnson of England Was Edward s brothr-n-law and also on of th most powrful mn n England. Hs rason s knd of slfxplanatory Duk Wllam of Normandy Had a rlatonshp wth Edward and clamd that Edward had promsd th thron to hm

12 Norman Conqust: Frst Crownng Harold was th frst to act and h was th obvous choc for th Englsh Nobls. H was crownd almost mmdatly aftr th dath of Edward howvr, thr ar 2 othr mn that want Harold s poston Kng Hardrada of Norway gathrd hs forcs and nvadd England from th north n Sptmbr of 1066 Th Englsh brought out thr own army and th now Kng Harold II mt th Norwgans at Stamford Brdg on Sptmbr 25, 1066 Battl of Stamford Brdg

13 Norman Conqust: Battl of Stamford Brdg Fghtng was frc as both sds lost ovr 5000 soldrs howvr, Kng Harold II cam out vctorous as h had not only dfatd th Norwgans but also klld Kng Hardrada n battl Kng Harold and th Englsh had lttl tm to clbrat thr vctory as Wllam of Normandy ld hs army across th Englsh Channl only a fw days aftr th Battl of Stamford ndd.

14 Norman Conqust: Kng Wllam Wllam contnud to march towards London howvr th Englsh rsstd and rjctd hs rul. Thy vn lctd anothr man, Edgar, as kng Wllam st up hs army at th cty of Hastngs, whr h bult a woodn castl Wllam would not b dnd as h fought and won a fw mor battls along th way and rachd London n lat Dcmbr Kng Harold ld hs army south to mt th Normans. Both forcs mt at th top of Snlac Hll on Octobr 14, 1066 It was qut an vn fght as both sd had th sam numbr of soldrs but Wllam had th advantag of havng mor archrs and cavalry. Evntually, Wllam s army won th battl whn Kng Harold was klld by an arrow (to th kn) Th Englsh ladrs fnally admttd dfat and crownd Wllam Kng of England on Dcmbr 25, 1066 (Chrstmas)

15 Norman Conqust: Lgacy Norman rul had a lastng affct on England - many Englsh nobls lft th country flng to Irland, Scotland, and th Scandnavan countrs Th Normans nsttutd many nw laws and brought th Frnch cultur wth thm Wllam nsttutd th Domsday book whch kpt track of who ownd what aras of land. Whatvr was wrttn n th book was fnal. Thr wr no appals. Wllam usd th book n ordr to tax th popl. Wllam also bult many castls and cathdrals throughout England. Ths ncludd Wndsor Castl, th Towr of London, Colchstr Castl, and th Rochstr Cathdral.

16 Tradng Dspt Rom s prvous control ovr th land of Brtan, thy ddn t lav a lot of marks whch s why popl spok Englsh nstad of Latn Evn though Rom lft thr montary systm n Brtan whch was usng cons to purchas tms, th mthod wasn t wdly usd Instad, most Anglo-Saxons would bartr and trad to gt th tms thy ndd bcaus cons was only avalabl to th rch If you wr a farmr, you would trad your crops for lumbr

17 Intractv Actvty You ar gong to lv th lf of an Anglo-Saxon. In ordr to survv, you wll nd to trad wth othrs for tms that you do not currntly hav Gt nto 4 groups of 7 Evry group nds: 3 Groups of Logs 4 Tuncs 2 Buckts of Watr 1 Loaf of Brad 1 Spars