1. The Anglo, Saxons and Jutes in
Britain
Was there any resistance to the Anglo Saxons advance?
By: Dennis Delgado and Carlos Gonzales, Brigitte
Zambrano, Lourdes Menezes, Claudia Loyola,
Lucciana Gonzales, Romina Ávila, Luz Alejandra
Llano, Natalia Larraín, Carolina Vargas.

2. Was there any resistance against the
Anglo Saxons?

3. In the case of the Jutes there was a
big resistance from the Britons to the
Jutes, because the jutes takes part of
it land and they wanted again. Like
in when Northumbria's dominance
began to develop. It was hastened by
the defeat and death of Ecgfrid in
685. After Penda's defeat, his
successor Wulfhere turned south to
concentrate his efforts on fighting
against Wessex where strong rulers
prevented any Mercian domination.
•The resistance of the Britons to the Anglo-Saxon advance was often brave
and sometimes temporarily successful. Early in the sixth century, for
example, they won at Mount Badon in the south a great victory, later
connected in tradition with the legendary name of King Arthur.
There were times that the Britons didn’t want the Anglo and Saxon to
advance and also there was sometimes leaders that arise and stopped the
Anglo and Saxons for a short times like king Arthur, but when the leaders
died they advance.
Some Britons didn’t want to leave their homes for the barbarians to
stay there, but the Anglo and Saxons always were savage warriors and
they forced them to leave.

4. Was there any resistance to the
Anglo Saxon advance?
• There were times that the Britons didn’t
want the Anglo and Saxon to advance and
also there was sometimes leaders that arise
and stopped the Anglo and Saxons for a
short times like king Arthur, but when the
leaders died they advance.
Moss Peter “History Alive” Britain, 1977
Page 3, 4

5. Was there any resistance to the
Anglo Saxon advance?
• There were also times couldn’t advance to
the next city because some Britons didn’t
want to leave their homes for the barbarians
to stay there, but the Anglo and Saxons
always were savage warriors and they
forced them to leave.
Moss Peter “History Alive” Britain, 1977
Page 3, 4

6. • The Anglo-Saxons took control of most of
Britain, although they never conquered
Scotland, Wales and Cornwall. They
divided the country into kingdoms, each
with its own royal family. The stronger
kingdoms often took control of the weaker
kingdoms.

7. • To collect stones to build their huts on
• To use the better soil to grow crops
• Lands were often flooded
• The land was warmer
• To have theprecious objects and gold
• The rivers gave easy routes in land

9. They conquered a lot of land
&
settle there.
• The Anglo Saxons took control of
most of England although they
never conquered Scotland , Wales
and Cornwall.
• They settled in England in places
near to rivers or the sea, which
could be easily reached by boat.

10. • The Roman army left Britain in
AD 407 — the men were
needed to help defend
Rome against invasion by the
Goths from northern Europe.
The Roman empire was
crumbling and Britain was
abandoned.

11. Towns & villages they settled
down.
• The first Anglo Saxon villages were often
named after their chieftain (leader of village).

12. The Romans ruled Britain for Life became more
over 350 years, from AD 250 dangerous so the rich
onwards, the Romans began to stayed in their country
have problems keeping Britain villas, the towns began to
safe. Worst of all were the crumble. It was the
angles and Saxons who came troubles elsewhere which
from across the north sea to finally ended Roman rule in
destroy and steal. Their empire Britain.
was huge: it needed an army of One cold night, in
at least 500 000 men too guard December AD 460, 15 000
it. barbarians walked across
the frozen river Rhine into
By the end of 4th century, over
Gaul . The year was AD 410
half of the soldiers were
and, in that year, Rome
barbarians, not Roman. As time
itself was attacked. No one
passed, more and more soldiers
defended it. People simply
from far corners of the empire
fled to the hills.
were called home to help keep
these attackers out.

13. The Anglo-Saxons arrive (tribes called
angles and Saxons) to Rome to conquer
and stay but they also come in roman times
to raid. The Romans called them
Barbarians because they look them as
savages.
The Anglo-Saxons were farming folk and
thought that the Romans towns must have
been built by giants, so they usually rowed Anglo-Saxon is the term
past and made their homes on rich usually used to describe the
farmland in the valleys, where they could peoples living in the south
grow their crops. The Anglo-Saxons were and east of Great Britain
good warriors, most of the time they won from the early 5th century AD
the battle they fight, they controlled most of to the Norman conquest of
England. 1066.

14. The history of Anglo-
Saxon England broadly
covers early medieval
England from the end
of Roman rule and the
establishment of Anglo-
Saxon kingdoms in the
5th century until the
Conquest by the
Normans in 1066.

15. -Men were usually about 180 cm tall anad women
were usually about 168 cm.
-Most Saxon men were big and strong and they
were also very active everyday.
-Saxon’s teeth have lots of plaque on them, so this
usually shows they didn't own toothbrushes. Their
teeth were really known as been very yellow and
horrible.
- Conical handles for little brushes have been found
in the graves of Saxon women. These might have
been used for putting on make-up, like eye shadow
or blusher.
-Combs made of bone were often found in
women's graves. This shows they kept their hair neat
and tidy.

16. Simple blouse
• Some women had metal Saxon women had other
clasps at the wrists to fasten useful items hanging from a
the sleeves of a simple belt around the waist. The
blouse. Other women had belts rotted away, but
worn short-sleeves. belt buckles survived.
Metal
clasps
• They used to wear • Lots of beads were
brooches at the shoulders often found across the
pinned two sides of a chest. Strings of beads
tubular dress together. were very pretty. They
were usually made of
brightly coloured glass.
dress
brooches

17. tunic
- Apart from a skeleton, - Men used to wear tunics.
there was usually only a
buckle. The belt had
rotted away. - Saxon’s men used to
They sometimes find wear baggy trousers and
weaponds too. 'bandages' wound round
their legs.
- Old Saxon bodies - Saxon men also used to
have been dug up in wear cloaks.
bogs. Bogs were very
wet.
belt
shield
knife