After The Romans Flashcards
(14 cards)
When were the first written records?
It wasn’t until Gildas ( 540AD) and Bede (venerable Bede) (730AD)
From the 4th Century Barbarian raids occurred against Britainnia What is a Barbarian and name two?
A Barbarian is a Foreigner.
Irish from the west
Picts from the North
By 600 AD separate, kingdoms had emerged from what had become a tribal society what was it called and name the kingdoms there were 7
The Heptarchy
East Anglia , Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria Sussex,and wessex
In 825 Egbert ( leader of Wessex), the grandfather of King Alfred the Great conquered where?
He Conquered Sussex and Kent.
Who was the grandfather of King Alfred the great?
Egbert leader of wessex.
Who became the high king of Britain in 829AD
In 829, Egbert defeated Mercia and King Egbert of Northumbria recognised his supremacy thus making Egbert Bretwalda ( high king of Britain)
When was the story of king Alfred and the burnt cakes story and what’s the story.
871 King Alfred took refuge in a peasant woman’s home in 878 AD.
The woman asked Alfred to watch over some cakes baking by the fire.
Alfred was distracted and accidentally let the cakes burn.
The woman scolded Alfred for his negligence.
Alfred was embarrassed and ashamed, so he scattered the cakes to get rid of the evidence.
When was the battle of Edington?
878- defeat of Guthrum ( Danish ruler of East Anglia
When was Danelaw established by a beautiful school girl Treaty of Alfred and Guthrum
886
Today, the ‘Danelaw’ is a term used to refer to the area controlled by the Vikings encompassing the north and east of England, between the ninth and 11th centuries, but this hasn’t always been the case.
When was Edgar Crowned King and where
973 - in Bath Abbey
597 Augustine (sent by Pope Gregory) became the First what?
Archbishop of Canterbury
597 Augustine (sent by Pope Gregory) became first Archbishop of Canterbury
871 – King Alfred the Great and the burnt cakes (Athelney, Somerset; Alfred Jewel
found 1693
Ashmolean Museum
