From
Prehistoric Britain
to the Germanic invasions
The Celts
The invasion in great Britain started during the
bronze age while the Celts arrived form central Europe I great Britain in iron age. They
were organized in tribes and they were good fighters, farms and artist. They
loved the music. Their language was the Gaelic, and it is still spoken in Ireland, Wales,
Isle of Man and as
soon on. Their religious was druism and their priests was responsible on religious priests, medical treatment,
education and in administration of justice. They believed in immortality of the
soul and in the present of the spirits. They used the Stonehenge
to offer the animal sacrifices to sun god.
The Stonehenge
Stonehenge is a great archaeological monument
built around 3000 BC. It is a great circle of massif stones, which was used
like temple or like a place of observation to prediction of the astronomic
events. It is still situated in south of England
near Salisbury.
There is the midsummer day where you can see the sun
rising from bhein the ston
whose top see to touch the horizon.
The Romans
In 54BC Julio Cesar landed in England but undred emperor of Claudio Britain became a roman province.
The Romans built towns, brigs, villas, roads and buths.
Many town ending with "CHESTER" Latin world, which means "MILITARY
CAMP" in Latin. The most important is the HADRIAN S' WALL, a high fortification
and it built along boarder between England
and Scotland for defend
roman Britain
from barbaric tribes. During Romans domination a lots Celts mitigreted
to Ireland an Wales,
but other became Romanized. Then the Romans had to live Britain to defend Italy
and Rome from
invasion, so the island was opened to new invasions.
Angle and Saxons
After the Romans in England arrived the Germanic tribes.
Two of them were the angles and the Saxons. They occupied the est and south of island. The
angles gave their name to the England
and intoticed the English language. This two tribes were organized
in kingdoms. They were good farms, infact they
introduced new farming methods and fonded lots of
villages. They loved the music and poety. They used
the gold and other metals to make fine jewellery and domestic articles. Their
religion was primitive they believed into misterios
force of nature, dragon, monsters and as soon on. During this period the
missionaries arrived in England
to be come people to Christian. First was st. Patrick converted Ireland,
after st. Augustine
arrived in England and
converted Scotland,
and he became archbishop of Cantbury and in this
period cathedrals, churches and monastery were built.
The Viking
The Viking arrived in England from Scandinavia but there was a Saxon
king defended his territories so England was divided between Saxons an Vikings. The Vikings was Christians and they were good traders.
The capital the Vikings kingdom 's was the odiern York. The England was
under Vikings rule from 1013 to 1042.
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