HISB61H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The Younger Generation, Dead Water, Middle Ages
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5th century was the first century of invasions resettled europe. Kelts: ireland, live in the region of france, to german. When the germans invaded england, they went to countries like wales. Normans are settlers in west france in 910. Normans did not bring any women with them. The younger generation grew up already integrated and idnt learn their mothers tongue. The king louis gave them land because they were getting too powerful: normandy: land of the mand from the north, they became semi-independent. Anglo-saxons left germany and went to others. Old english is german: williams came along and established latin. The visigoths in 410 attacked and destroyed rome. But they left the church: the romans had emptied out of england. The roman emperor build a wall to keep the picts out. Languages and culture as a whole is disappearing in todays society.
