An Introduction to Anglo Saxon England | British History Documentary

Welcome to the British History Patreon Quarterly Documentary and welcome to Anglo Saxon England!
The period between the retreat of the Roman Empire, in AD410, and the Norman Conquest in 1066, a period of six and a half centuries, is as fascinating as it is elusive.
With the retreat of the Romans and the societal and economic collapse that followed, record keeping became severely reduced.
However, it is during this time that the many tribes and kingdoms of Briton split, merged, resplit and combined again to form into the vision held by Alfred the Great for a combined land of the Angels, an Aengerland, England.
In this introduction to Anglo Saxon England I will take you from the time the Romans left to the coming of William of Normandy. It is a time of invasion, immigration, violence and huge economic, religious and societal change.
From the invited invasion of the Anglo Saxons by the desperate Britons to the coming of the Danes and going from a Danish King of England to a total take over by the Normans.
Further videos - Exploring AngloSaxon England - Deerhurst • Exploring Anglo Saxon ...
Sources and Further Reading
Books:
The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England by Marc Morris. Penguin, 2021
A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons: Brief Histories
By Geoffrey Hindley. Robinson, 2006.
Websites:
www.bl.uk/anglo-saxons/videos...
Hanson, Marilee. "Anglo-Saxon Chronicles" englishhistory.net/middle-age..., March 4, 2022
www.mcllibrary.org/Anglo/part2...
royalfamily.fandom.com/wiki/A...

[@ChewingGums]

This was really informative its the period of the monarchy I always find confusing but you've really helped me understand it a lot better thanks as always Philippa

[@KennethHall-tp4hw]

Lucid and authoritative - just the Introduction I was looking for. Liked and Subscribed. : )

[@BritishHistory]

Thank you, and welcome 😀

[@scottscottsdale7868]

Very clearly done. I had no idea that the Romans prohibited Britons from owning weapons. It does kind of make our Second Amendment a bit more understandable. Lordy knows I am not a crazy gun nut though. But it makes it more clear why.

[@EriAug78]

Love this! You made a confusing time very understandable

[@BritishHistory]

I’m so glad you found that. It is a complicated time, so that was my aim for this 😄

[@georgefspicka5483]

Thank you : )

[@ellag1323]

A banger of a video

[@BritishHistory]

Thank you! So glad you enjoyed it.

[@ndie8075]

Saxons🇩🇪🇯🇪

[@helgaborek3290]

Thank you so much for this video!

[@BritishHistory]

You’re so welcome Helga. Thank you for watching and leaving a comment 😊

[@femmygerritzen2310]

Fantastic Philippa! Really enjoyed this

[@BritishHistory]

Thank you Femmy! I hope you are well 😃

[@femmygerritzen2310]

@@BritishHistory all’s well here. I always start my English Lit lessens with the Anglo Saxon Conquest. The Frisians are from the Dutch province of Friesland, they have their own language and some of their words are used by the English as well, e.g. tsies= cheese, bern for children ( used in Scotland I think) I’ll show my pupils some bits from this video and brag about our friendship at the same time 😉

[@h0ckeyd]

Interesting how, even though it's on the map and the former name of the New Forest (Ntene - Jutish - Forest) people only mostly mention Kent or the Isle of Wight as lands settled by them but they actually held a fair bit of Southern Hampshire as well.

[@BritishHistory]

Love this, thank you.

[@rahjah6958]

3:35 the 1 thing the Scot’s always love to ignore lol. The entire reason their land was invaded was because of their raids in the first place

[@dean828]

🇬🇧

[@silkwormandcottontails803]

Ive never really understood much about this period so thank you for a great explanation . As usual nothing in our history is nice and simple , lots of names that take a while to sink in 😂

[@BritishHistory]

Lots! 😂

[@tyv5887]

Lindisfarne 793 were Norwegian..

[@user-wj5sc4iz6c]

Damn… you jumped three centuries between Hengist and Horsa and great fred.

[@BritishHistory]

Thank you anonymous viewer

[@jackdoe4632]

Immigration but not in the way we think of it today. Not coloured immigration which has changed the demographics of Britain.

[@rahjah6958]

And we arnt exactly being killed and raped by Scot’s so we don’t need an entire people to come here save us and we didn’t ask these new immigrants to come at all in any way

[@seanhorgan9688]

I’m pretty sure the Anglo Saxons changed the demographics of England. In fact they changed a lot. Our genetics, our language, our customs. History is quite fascinating.

[@AceMcSch00ly]

​@@seanhorgan9688 They were Caucasian just like the native populous. Today? Not Caucasian. Britain is as brown as India now. It's sad.

[@seanhorgan9688]

@@AceMcSch00lywell that’s not quite true is it?

[@AceMcSch00ly]

@@seanhorgan9688 British Whites make up 36% of London's Population. The indigenous population makes up just 36% of the population. Let that sink in. It's as true as it gets.

[@anothergodlessheathen]

80 % of my own ancestry is of that "ethnic element", and these WERE " the Dark Ages" ... i.e., stupid Christian religiosity, illiteracy, ignorance, and gratuitous violence. But all of this pertained to most of Europe LOL.

[@AshHanks-nl5bn]

Less than 30 seconds in up pops an advert & its time for me to go. Bye.

[@BritishHistory]

Bye