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There were a number of reasons for the Angles and Saxons to move to England: Some were invited to help fight against attacks from Vikings and tribes in Scotland. Many were given land...
- Society in Anglo-Saxon England
- Farmers in Anglo-Saxon England
- Homes in Anglo-Saxon England
- Food in Anglo-Saxon England
- Clothes in Anglo-Saxon England
- Rich Anglo Saxons
- Towns in Anglo-Saxon England
Everyday life in Anglo-Saxon England was hard and rough even for the rich. Society was divided into three classes. At the top were the thanes, the Saxon upper class. They enjoyed hunting and feasting and they were expected to give their followers gifts like weapons. Below them were the churls. Some churls were reasonably well off. Others were very ...
The vast majority of Anglo-Saxons made their living from farming. Up to 8 oxen-pulled ploughs and fields were divided into 2 or sometimes 3 huge strips. One strip was plowed and sown with crops while the other was left fallow. The Anglo-Saxons grew crops of wheat, barley, and rye. They also grew peas, cabbages, parsnips, carrots, and celery. They a...
The Anglo-Saxons lived in wooden huts with thatched roofs. Usually, there was only one room shared by everybody. (Poor people shared their huts with animals divided from them by a screen. During the winter the animal’s body heat helped keep the hut warm). Thanes and their followers slept on beds but the poorest people slept on the floor. There were...
Anglo-Saxon women ground grain, baked bread, and brewed beer. Another Anglo-Saxon drink was mead, made from fermented honey. (Honey was very important to the Anglo-Saxons as there was no sugar for sweetening food. Bees were kept in every village). Upper-class Anglo-Saxons sometimes drank wine. The women cooked in iron cauldrons over open fires or i...
Saxon clothes were basic. Saxon men wore a shirt and tunic. They also wore trousers. Sometimes they extended to the ankle but sometimes they were shorts. Men might wear wool leggings held in place by leather garters. They wore cloaks held in place by brooches. Saxon women wore a long linen garment with a long tunic over it. They also wore mantles. ...
Rich people’s houses were rough, crowded, and uncomfortable. Even a Thane’s hall was just a large wooden hut although it was usually hung with rich tapestries. Thanes also liked to show off any gold they owned. Any furniture must have been simple and heavy such as wooden chests. However, at least the rich Anglo-Saxons ate well. In the evenings they...
At first, the Anglo-Saxons were farming people and they did not need towns. However in time trade slowly increased and some towns appeared. By the mid-7th century, the Anglo-Saxons were minting silver coins. In Anglo-Saxon times a new town of London emerged outside the walls of the old Roman town. Some towns were created deliberately. King Ine foun...
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Historians have inferred a lot about Anglo-Saxon culture and society by combining their findings from different sources. A good description of the evidence used to uncover life in Anglo-Saxon Britain will use knowledge from across this unit.
Life was more dangerous in Anglo-Saxon England than in modern times; and in addition to the hazards of war, feud, and capital punishment, Anglo-Saxons could be at risk from famine and epidemics, as well as from a range of endemic diseases including degenerative arthritis, leprosy and tuberculosis.
In 1066 Anglo-Saxon England had been a single kingdom for nearly 150 years. Its people were a mixture of Anglo-Saxons and descendants of Viking settlers, who mostly lived in the north. The Anglo-Saxon King Alfred and his successors had halted the first Viking invasions.
• What was it like living in Saxon times? What did most people do for a living? How did rich and poor people live? Was life pleasant for women and children? What were the main features of everyday life – their homes, clothes, art, crafts, food, drink and leisure? • How did their beliefs change? In particular how did they become
