HIST-1107EL Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Jutes, Nortoft, Thorp
5 Dec 2020
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History of english: the beginnings of english in england, the first inhabitants of britain, we have knowledge of, are the celts (2000 b. c) In 410 the roman legions withdrew: the old english period. In 449: the king of the celts asked the king of the angles for help against the picts and scots (scotland). The following germanic tribes arrived in england: angles (denmark) , saxons (germany), jutes (denmark), frisians (netherlands). Famous myth: celts against saxons: legend of king arthur. In the following centuries, the germanic tribes established 7 kingdoms: (a) northumbria (a) mercia (a) east angles (j) kent (s) essex (s) sussex (s) wessex. In the 8th century (danish) vikings started to raid england; in 878, king alfred the great managed to defeat the vikings overwhelmingly. The vikings, however, where so powerful that they were allowed to settle in the north-east of england, an area called danelaw. Between 1016 and 1042, england was ruled by the danes.
