2. Who were them? What was their daily life about?
The anglo saxons were Differents tribes, the
angles,saxon and the jutes.Everyday life in Anglo-
Saxon England was hard and rough even for the rich.
Society was divided into three classes. At the top were
the thanes, the Saxon upper class. They enjoyed hunting
and feasting and they were expected to give their
followers gifts like weapons. Below them were the churls.
Some churls were reasonably well off. Others were very
poor. However, at least they were free. Below them were
a class of slaves called thralls.
3. What were Anglo-Saxon villages like?
The Hall was long, wide and smoky, with
the fire on a stone in the middle. The
smoke from the fire escaped through a
hole in the roof.
The windows were slits called eye-holes.
There was no glass in the windows.
On the walls were shields and antlers.
The floor was dirty and covered with
rushes from the river banks. Sometimes
the oxen were kept at one end of the
Hall.
4. What did anglo saxons eat and drink?
They drank milk from the cows that they hunt and they also like to drink mead that it was
an alcoholic drink made of honey and only the rich people can import wine from Europe
For food they ate meal from pigs that they hunt but it was difficult to get so they mostly
eat vegetables like carrots, Onion, Parnspins and beans.
5. What did Anglo-Saxons believe in?
The Anglo-Saxons believed in
supernatural creatures such as
elves, dwarves, and giants.
they believed in the nordic
gods, like the nordics
6. Where do the names of the days of the week originate from?
Sunday because the latin term dies solis
Monday because the Anglo saxons word monandæg
Tuesday because tyr the norse god
Wednesday in honor of Odin or Wodan
Thursday because Thor´s the god
Friday because Frigg the Norse goddess
Saturday because in honor of Saturn the planet
7. Who came to Britain after the Anglo-Saxons?
Harold hurried south
and the two armies
fought at the Battle of
Hastings. The Normans
won, Harold was killed,
and William became
king. This brought an
end to Anglo-Saxon and
Viking rule.
