Iberians in Britain
3000BC- Iberians in Britain, Tools were made of stone
2000BC- Beaker People ) lud garncarzy, Stonehenge, Tools made of iron: engineers skara brae – name of the best Neolithic village; that wasn’t a shelter, that was an ornament.
100-800BC – celtic supremacy, the filids (rituals and sacrifices), druids, bards, special alphabet named OGHAN. It was a very developing and mysterious culture.
55BC – Julius Caesar invades Britain
54BC – next invasion by Julius Caesar
43AD – Claudius invades Britain, radical change of lifestyle of celtic Britain. They wanted to convince celtic peope to their lifestyle.
60AD – resistance of Queen Boudicca : she was flogged and killed in a battle. The symbol of independence and glory.
CHI-RHO – monogram , combination of CHRIST, the first symbol of early Christians.
VACUUM PERIOD – the period in which there is no one to reign. ( before the anglo-saxon invasion).
449 AD – the first anglo-saxons invade the Britain ( the Angles, Saxons and Jutes)
-these tribes were illiterate, tribal organization ,
- they destroyed political order in Britain
- destroyed economy, caused the immigration of british elite
HEPTARCHY (7 kingdoms) Northumbria, mercia, east Anglia, Sussex, wessex, essex,kent.
Witan- council of people who were king advisers: council of elders
Fyrd – type of army ( armia kontraktowa); in time of war the processes of unification: the bloody process; trail to unify 7 kingdoms to the only one.
King Offa – the king of Mercia, he manages to unify 3 kingdoms : 796 – offa dies
794 – the first Scandinavian invasion – the Vikings attacked England.
Vikings were very mobile people, they were sailing along the rivers, very clever people, DANES VIKINGS NORMANS – three Scandinavian tribes. after 850 – the regular large scale invasions
Danelaw – the land which was obtained by the Danes.
King Alfred the Great – king of Wessex; modernized the wessex defence and navy: he defended England when the country was invaded by Danes:
2000BC- Beaker People ) lud garncarzy, Stonehenge, Tools made of iron: engineers skara brae – name of the best Neolithic village; that wasn’t a shelter, that was an ornament.
100-800BC – celtic supremacy, the filids (rituals and sacrifices), druids, bards, special alphabet named OGHAN. It was a very developing and mysterious culture.
55BC – Julius Caesar invades Britain
54BC – next invasion by Julius Caesar
43AD – Claudius invades Britain, radical change of lifestyle of celtic Britain. They wanted to convince celtic peope to their lifestyle.
60AD – resistance of Queen Boudicca : she was flogged and killed in a battle. The symbol of independence and glory.
CHI-RHO – monogram , combination of CHRIST, the first symbol of early Christians.
VACUUM PERIOD – the period in which there is no one to reign. ( before the anglo-saxon invasion).
449 AD – the first anglo-saxons invade the Britain ( the Angles, Saxons and Jutes)
-these tribes were illiterate, tribal organization ,
- they destroyed political order in Britain
- destroyed economy, caused the immigration of british elite
HEPTARCHY (7 kingdoms) Northumbria, mercia, east Anglia, Sussex, wessex, essex,kent.
Witan- council of people who were king advisers: council of elders
Fyrd – type of army ( armia kontraktowa); in time of war the processes of unification: the bloody process; trail to unify 7 kingdoms to the only one.
King Offa – the king of Mercia, he manages to unify 3 kingdoms : 796 – offa dies
794 – the first Scandinavian invasion – the Vikings attacked England.
Vikings were very mobile people, they were sailing along the rivers, very clever people, DANES VIKINGS NORMANS – three Scandinavian tribes. after 850 – the regular large scale invasions
Danelaw – the land which was obtained by the Danes.
King Alfred the Great – king of Wessex; modernized the wessex defence and navy: he defended England when the country was invaded by Danes: