World History Chapter 13: Section 13.1

earliest known inhabitants of the British Isles

celts

political/religious leaders of the Celts; acted as teachers judges and priests

druids

the celts were led by?

druids

ancients Celtic worship site and observatory

Stonehenge

tribes from Denmark; invaded England in the 500’s

Angles, Saxons, and Jutes

what story was set during this time?

the story of King Arthur

collective name for Germanic tribes that invaded England

Anglo-Saxon

“england” comes from what word?

“Angleland”

wandering poets

scops

greatest poem about Anglo-Saxon culture

Beowulf

sent by Pope Gregory 1 to convert the saxons to catholicism

Augustine

became the (1st Archbishop of Canterbury) most influential church office in England

Augustine

England accepted Catholicism by?

664

concept of B.C./A.D divisions in history

The Venerable Bede

invaded England in the 800's and conquered every section but Wessex

Danes

defeated the Danes and confined them to Danelaw

King of Wessex

became the 1st great king of England

Alfred the Great

kept up with current events through The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle; occupied London

Alfred the Great

the Danes took back control under his rule by 1000

Canute the Dane

saxon king of England who died without an heir, causing a war

Edward the Confessor

both claimed the throne in 1066

William from Normandy (Norman)

Harold Godwin (Saxon)

(1066) WIlliam the Conqueror (Norman) defeated and killed Harold Godwin

Battle of Hastings

a count of the people and their property

census

created to hold the record of the census

Domesday Book

created the Domesday Book

William the Conqueror

established the Great Council (nobles who advised him)

William the Conqueror

William the Conqueror’s son; ruled after him (1100-1135)

Henry 1

end heavy taxation of nobles and the church

Charter of Liberties

administrators of finances and judges of revenue matters

Exchequer