Ancient Britain-1066

In ancient times, the largest of the island was inhabited by

Britons

Britons and Gaels were

Celtic peoples

In parts of the British Isles, languages descended from

Celts are still spoken

Surviving Celtic languages include

Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton

Celt society was organized into clans ruled by

tribal chieftains elected from a class of pagan priests

These priests were known as the

Druids

Druids conducted religious ceremonies in secret places such as

the woods and at sites such as Stonehenge

The Britons created beautiful earthworks such as

the White Horse of Uffington

In 75 BC, Britian was invaded by a tribe called

the Belgæ

In 54 BC, a Roman general led a force across the English Channel, his name was

Julius Cæsar

Julius Caesar defeated the

Britons and did not establish a settlement

Julius Caesar came back in

53 BC and defeated the Britons and did not establish a settlement again

This roman emperor conquered Britain, introduced law, Latin, and culture in AD 43

Claudius

Prasutagus’s wife, who ruled in his place after AD 60

Boadicea

Jutes were a

tribe from the Danish peninsula, they conquered south western province, kingdom of kent

The Angels and Saxons were

other germanic tribes

Lays were

songs, sung at feasts or by a minstrel

Minstrel who sung lays was a

gleeman or scop

Scop means

a “shaper” storyteller

Mead means

wine that the warriors drank

Meadhall was the

“bar” where warriors told stories; it brought people together

Earls and thanes were

A class of warriors

A class of freeman were called

Churls

Thralls were

A class of slaves

Wergild means

“man money” money paid to the family of people who were murdered

Wyrd was the

fate of a person. Kept heros alive for continuing to do good, and killing those who practiced evil.

St Patrick convereted

Ireland in the 5th century

Augustine converted

King Ethelbert in AD 604

Danes were

Vikings who invaded England

Alfred the Great ruled

Wessex in AD 878

Bretwalda meant

King of Britain

Northeast Britain was called

Danelaw