With the fall of Roman empire British town were left in the hands of the same races of Barbarians who were then sweeping over the continent
In 410 A.D. the jutes led by Heginst invaded Britain and established the Kingdom of Kent (449 A.D.) The saxons followed and fonded the Kingdom of Sussex Wessex and Essex
Third came tha Angels who settled in the Kingdoms of East Anglia and Northumbria
Then again the saxons came to raid the Island and established the Kingdom do Mercia
What remained of the original Celt population fled to Wales and Cornwall where a Celt Language can still be heard nowaday
When king Ethelbert allowed Augustin to build a Church in Canterbury and to become its first archbishop chrisitanity made its appearance on the Island
The main historical document of this period is the Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum written by a monk, venerable Bede and later translated into Anglo-saxon
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mercoledì 29 luglio 2015
venerdì 19 giugno 2015
the old english period from origin to 1066 - Roman Britain
roman Britain
Britain was originally populated by celts who ha settled on the Island in two main groups the geals the first ones to come and the Britons whio joined them laterremain of this age are left Stonehenge and in other places where Druids (celts priest) held their rituals
a third Group of Celts living in France the Gauls had to face the armies of the Roman and when the Britons decided to help their "brothers in France Julius Ceaesar crossed over into Britain (55-54 B.C.
a more permanent Roman invasion began under emperor Claudius and from then onwards Britain became a province of the Roman empire for at least 400 years Signs of this rule are the name of some towms ending in Chester or caster the once latin castra
these town were in fact ancien Roman forts
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