Historical Perspectives

In the Beginning

• Britain was formed by invaders, they came to conquer and build

• The Romans were the invaders

• Rome was way ahead of its time, so when they conquered they brought their education and engineering

The Anglo-Saxon Arrival

• Germanic tribes also invaded Great Britain, such as the Anglos, the Saxons, and the Jutes

• The groups migrated from the main land into Europe and created modern day Germany and Denmark

Peaceful Invasion

• The fall of the Roman Empire 5th century - year 1000 called “the dark ages”

• By the end of the 7th century Great Britain was the leader in education

The Venerable Bede

Bede wrote histories and other scholarly works - this was the time period that Beowulf was written

Invasion of the Vikings

• Vikings arrived in what is now Denmark

• The vikings were stopped by Alfred the Great (First king of england)

William the Conqueror

• the last successful invasion o england

• william the conqueror brought feudalism to england

A feudal world

• England went from a land of warrior bands to a country led b6 a king, nobles, and biships

• in the feudal system: king —> nobles —> knights —> peasants

• king granted lands to nobles, nobles owed loyalty and military service, nobles grated land to knights in same terms, knights made peasants work the land

• peasants also called villeins or serfs

the rise of towns

• Jorvik is now called york

• trade and towns grew led to country expanding

• feudalism was changed by rise of towns and trades even international trade

• new middle class formed by merchants traders and artisans