Non-Written Sources

Burial rituals, coins, place names, charters, law codes, buildings, statues

What is significant about the burial in Prittlewell?

Locally made gold foil crosses covered the bodies eyes

When was the Prittlewell man buried?

Before the arrival of Augustine

Name two other exotic items found in the Prittlewell tomb

Bracelet from Syria

Southern Italian folding stool

What is there evidence of in Edix hill?

Justinian Plague

Name a cemetery where ivory rings were found

Scremby, Lincolnshire

Where was Eastern Britain connected to?

Gaul, Scandinavia

Where was western Britain connected to?

Gaul, Spain, Italy

Why was the north sea such an important region?

The currents were safe

what particularly Scandic item did many women wear?

single sided gold pendants

How does military activity explain trade routes?

Britons were recruited to fight on the eastern front

Britons were found buried wearing…

middle-eastern esque shoulder clasps on military uniforms

why did the strength of connections vary in the roman empire?

Britain was on the periphery

Why did the importation of Roman coins stop?

No roman troops in Britain who needed paying

What happened to use of coinage after Rome’s departure?

lapsed for nearly 2 centuries

Give an alternate use of coins in the 5th and 6th centuries

Jewellery

Give 2 hoards where coins were used a jewellery

St Martins Canterbury

Faversham

When did coins start to be produced again?

Early 7th century

Who was named on the first coin of monetary values?

Bertha’s bishop

How many Anglo-saxon coins were found at Crondall?

70%

What happened in the latter half of the 7th century?

coin production increased to a level which suggests they were being used as more than gift

Only ¼ of the…

Rowand Hoard was Anglo-Saxon

Give 2 arguments for the introduction of coinage being a private enterprise

Shadowed continental monetary developments

Coins had the name of the moneyer

Give 1 piece of evidence for the introduction of coinage being on royal authority

Moneyers were craftsmen licensed by the king

Coins in Anglo-Saxon society must have enjoyed special prestige both before and after the introduction of native coinage

Gannon