Johanna Valge

Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Beowulf

• 5th century AD

• Historian Tacticus

and his book

“Angalia”

• Homeland Angeln,

as it is called in Old

English.

• The Angles were

coming in large

numbers.

ANGLES

• Confederation of

Old Germanic

tribes

• The Germanic

settlement of

Britain

• The number of

settlers vary

between 10, 000

and 200, 000

SAXONS

• Iuti, Iutae

• One of the three

most powerful

tribes

• Bede

• Jutland Peninsula

• Eotenas

JUTES

• Old English

• Middle

English

• West Saxon

• Kentish

Languages

• Agricultural people

• Freemen and

slaves

• No shops

• Travelling Pedlars

• Town names

ending with “ham”

Everyday Life

Old English heroic epic poemknown as the Nowell Codex

A composition by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet, dated between the 8th and the 11th century.

BEOWULF

http://www.bbc.co.uk/http://heritage-key.com/http://www.anglo-saxons.net/http://en.wikipedia.org/

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