Anglo-Saxons in England

burial grounds of a Saxon leader

• Sutton Hoo
• Demark
• Wessex
• Essex

The story of monster-slaying hero, first written story in English.

• Beowulf

• The Illiad

• Epic of Gilgamesh

• The Odyssey

west Saxon kingdom

• Wessex
• Essex
• Norway
• Denmark

east Saxon kingdom

• Essex
• Wessex
• Celts
• Æthelberht

brought Roman Christianity to Saxon England

• Augustine
• Celts
• Danelaw
• Sussex

sent Augustine to England

• Pope Gregory
• Æthelberht
• Beuwulf
• Hrothgar

named by King Egbert

• "Angleland"
• Kent
• Wessex
• Sutton Hoo

owner of Sutton Hoo

• Edith Pretty
• Beowulf
• Alfred the Great
• Pope Gregory

vikings who invaded England

• Danes
• Celts
• Franks
• Saxons

area of England controlled by the Danes and subject to their laws

• Danelaw
• Cornwall
• Wales
• Sussex