Archaeologists Explain Life In Early Dark Age Britain | Digging For Britain | Chronicle

British archaeologists hunt for traces of the Anglo-Saxon invasion, an event which marked the beginning of the Dark Ages in Britain. Artefacts like Roman belts reveal how identities were reinvented during this period. Sites like Bamburgh Castle offer glimpses into Anglo-Saxon life amidst centuries of occupation. Discoveries of graves and intricate jewelry shed light on societal aspects and the transition to Christianity amidst pagan beliefs.
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[@Burning_Tyger]

Early medieval, post-Roman, pre-viking Britain has recently become one of my favorite historical placetimes. You got the Britons who were Celtic, but by this time, had varying levels of Roman cultural adoption. Then you got the the Welsh, and the "Old North" of Celtic peoples of Goddoddin and Rheged and Elmet. Then way up top you have the Picts who were almost certainly a kind of Celtic, but different from the others further south and may have elements of an older heritage. Then the "invading" Germanics, the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. Latin vs. Celtic. vs Germanic, Early Latin Christianity vs. the prexisting Celitc beliefs vs. Germanic. Irish invaders and pirates. Music and poetry and war and a kaleidoscope of kingdoms. It's such an amazing clash of cultures and beliefs and history. No wonder that period birthed so many legends.

[@karphin1]

Does sound fascinating!

[@kiwiwifi]

Who is next? The Chinese?

[@redroostermcmlxxl]

😂 ​@@kiwiwifi

[@simonpayne8252]

I think you'll find that the Britons were just Britons. What we call the Welsh today are the last remnant of the Britons. Celt is a lazy modern term adopted to refer to a group of languages that share some similarities.

[@Burning_Tyger]

@@simonpayne8252 I am familiar with the distinction. But there was I think a difference between those Britons who were largely incorporated into Roman culture in southern England from those that were less so in what we now call "Wales". And for lack of a better term, I used the word "Welsh". I also concede your point about the term "Celt". However, I still find the term to be useful when differentiating between broad cultural groups such as Latin, Germanic, etc. But there is no doubt that the "Celts" were not some homogeneic culture, but many different cultures spanning across millennia and the breadth of Europe.

[@ecom_professor]

I hope who ever is reading this have a good day 💗

[@rexy2204]

I wish you a good day too! 😊

[@trishriederer1857]

Same to you

[@johntillotson4254]

God bless you ❤

[@Mma-basement-215]

Thank you.. have a great day everyone

[@cliftongaither6642]

thanks , you too 😊

[@MsSteelphoenix]

I love how enthusiastic everyone is. :)

[@pendragon2012]

It has been really interesting to me lately to learn how gradual a lot of these changes were as opposed to sudden falls. Great video!

[@amypatterson-bocchi2514]

Wow! That community involvement is FANTASTIC!!! Great for high school excursions too!!!

[@Sean12248]

Just so everyone knows this came out in 2010.

[@BalmforthGG]

Excellent work this. KZbin is better for having such quality content. Thank you.

[@thomasbell7033]

Not too long ago I read that CSI Sittingbourne lost their place in the shopping mall. I do hope they found another home.

[@J.P.MistaPista]

These experts have been on another show called 'Time Team'. I just love that series, mainly Mick Aston with his colourful pullovers. In this documentary my 'heroes' look so young.

[@Jackjackjack533]

The real archeological find is the blockbuster at the mall lol

[@kellysouter4381]

I wish I still had one

[@thedarkhorse100]

Great Doc, what amazes me is the craftsmanship people had considering what they had to work with

[@ljb8157]

What amazes me is that @1750, I glimpsed a Blockbuster video!

[@LenayeMarsten]

Beautifully done! Thank you, I really enjoyed this 😊

[@user-fh6ov3wl4h]

That ring 😳 but also the size of the band. That person had to have been massive especially from the times stands

[@garyevans8083]

allot of the rings back then were made to fit over gloves.... possibly why it's so big?

[@ralphstephan353]

What I appreciate most about this program is how it builds on prior scholarship in order to establish authenticity of recently discovered artifacts. A truly wonderful 33:44 presentation.

[@xavisanchez7522]

Current chronology dates are wrong.

[@jango1970]

The ring (31:22) was found at a nunnery at Berkley Castle in Gloustershire which was the captial of Mercia. Lesley Webster (from the British Museum) said the ring (with wolf heads) is from around 825. Around that time, the king of that area would be King Aethelwulf of Wessex. Æthelwulf (Old English: [ˈæðelwuɫf]; Old English for "Noble Wolf") was King of Wessex from 839 to 858. In 825, his father, King Ecgberht, defeated King Beornwulf of Mercia, ending a long Mercian dominance over Anglo-Saxon England south of the Humber. The ring (with wolf heads) must be for that "noble Wolf"; the king of Wessex !!

[@cnilecnile6748]

Seems like the same thing happens over and over about every 1000 years or so. And nobody ever learns from it. You can literally just change the names of the countries/societies, and it is still pretty much all the same. "Human hyenas, wound up by their hate, snap at the heels of the wise and the great, with no regrets. Well, we're all very cultured, speak in soft tones, sitting in front of a plate full of bones, with no regrets. Let us Prey, State of the world today. Darwin say, "It's nature at work- so it must be ok" "Let us Prey" (Fetters/Nyswonger) The Raisins 1981 Strugglebaby Records

[@dcmackc01]

I really enjoy watching and learning with Dr Roberts's videos.

[@Familylawgroup]

You know you are watching a video about “state of the art” analysis of ancient and medieval archeology when the documentary includes video of the hosting walking into a shopping center with a prominent “Blockbuster video” store front. I don’t know when Blockbuster vacated the UK, but the American LLC ceased operating as a business on November 6, 2013. Before that, Blockbuster was known for its “preservation” of antiquated media content and antiquated media formats, I.e. VHS cassettes.

[@Toxicpoolofreekingmascul-lj4yd]

I haven't seen a blockbuster video in the states in over 20 years.

[@EbbandFlow1234]

I love Bamburgh, stunning and so is Lindisfarne

[@kevcaratacus9428]

Bamburgh is easy to see why it had been used as a place to build forts , castles etc from around age onwards . I've never been but it's on my list

[@EbbandFlow1234]

@kevcaratacus9428 I go every year in summer. it's so beautiful. You can see the Farne Islands and Holy Island from there on a clear day. You will love it , make sure you go.

[@snappytomatoe]

Is it free to visit?

[@markgiles3]

It's exciting to think of what may be dug up in the future. Great doco. Thank you.

[@GermanicDottir]

Fantastic documentary. Thank you.

[@c1ph3rpunk]

As the video itself become archeology: a living record of a standing Blockbuster store.

[@sforza209]

I had no idea blockbuster made it across the Atlantic.

[@BethmcDanal-qb8qr]

,😂😂

[@roostershooter76]

When technology fails, I'm certain that some archaeologists, 1000 years from now, will be convinced that our society lost all ability to read and write, and we were all rich and wealthy. We all carried around these plastic little boxes so that we could look at our reflection in it's glass. This goes to show you how future societies come up with their "Best Guess" when it comes to past civilizations.

[@Grace-ms7un]

The amount of phones with cracked screens and not in gravesites will definitely confuse them.😂

[@dianeboross6978]

The British Isles was really a melting pot of many tribes and cultures.

[@wor53lg50]

Yeah all North western European neighbours of similar cultures...Diversity is nobody's strength, it is what it says on the tin DIVISION?!..

[@Datacorrupter234]

false culturally yes ethnically definetly not

[@TexasCoffeeBreak777]

The many tribes and clans of The House of Israel.

[@cobainzlady]

and some were related to each other, and most all were of western europe.

[@jamiecartwright5469]

A vast melting pot indeed - and yet the vast majority of English society was whiter than white until the late 1960's. Most people at my school in Herefordshire in the 1980s were BLONDE! If England was always as "multicultural" as revisionists insist - why weren't the English Mediterranean in appearance like the people of southern Italy, Greece or Spain? Surely with 2000 years of multiculturalism we would be Latino? Alice Roberts looks pretty typical of an English person. White. Deal with it. The English are white people. 🤗🤭

[@Celtopia]

That was absolutely fascinating....thank you so much....

[@Hydroxica]

Nice a new video just in time for me to watch while eating lunch!

[@TheMelbournelad]

Must be an old doco, with that blockbuster being there at the Meads

[@davedixon2068]

well it is archaeology maybe it was an old Roman Block Buster

[@karphin1]

I thought that, too! Haha. And Alice looks quite young.

[@LetThoseOatsRoll]

😂​@@davedixon2068

[@joshschneider9766]

the romans conquered lands and then administered them by installing friendly locals and basically making them fantastically wealthy compared to everyone around them but still subservient to rome. there is clear evidence that this happened during the roman invasion of britain. it makes perfect sense to me that the angle saxon and jut tribe members would do similar.

[@thomasschofield6633]

I beg to differ, it was sudden change at first, then a gradual acceptance of Christianity and Roman culture. Case in point, why did the Romanized Celts in western Britain emigrate to Brittany: They were escaping the sudden takeover by the Anglo Saxons.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

They did not go to avoid Saxons, they went to avoid Romans! 400 years out? Also there was 'No sudden takeover' That is Victorian blah

[@thomasschofield6633]

So the romanized celts were escaping from themselves. You make no sense.

[@thomasschofield6633]

So the romanized celts were escaping from themselves???​@@hogwashmcturnip8930

[@kiwiwifi]

@@thomasschofield6633 By the 'old' themselves

[@cobainzlady]

the Celts already had Christianity whent he Romans took over. They got it from missionaries, not from Rome. But rome did take that over as well.

[@RicVee1]

WOW..i remember Alice from the days of Time Team, now she has her own show!! Good job Alice!!

[@vanmanrick1]

Everybody is so shocked when they see examples of craftmanship from that era. However even today the best craftsman in the trades etc are of saxon stock.

[@Evus-st5di]

Utter rubbish.

[@Wmaddox333]

Literally all European peoples were expert craftsman and produced artifacts of immense beauty and amazing detail. These people were apprenticed from a very young age and possessed knowledge and skills that have been changed or lost over time. Saxon craftsmanship was however incredibly popular and sought after all far beyond Europe - It does have a certain enchanting power and Naivety which is very unique - you can even see other cultures in Asia which attempted to emulate Saxon craftsmanship - from weaponry To jewellery.

[@Wmaddox333]

That said I do make silver pieces and naturally everything comes out looking like Saxon work.

[@Wmaddox333]

@@Evus-st5diit’s not, saxons are the best.

[@vanmanrick1]

@@Evus-st5di sounds like jealousy.

[@rconger24]

14:15 Author W Cleon Skousen born in Canada had the best writing about the brothers Hengst and Horsa that I've seen.

[@user-wq1pb4nb2g]

I was really surprised people weren't wearing glove while handling such precious objects. 32:57

[@dean828]

Always a thin philosophical line between Archeology and Grave Robbing...

[@cobainzlady]

indeed. i hope they treat those bones well while and after photographing and studying them. But as for the gold, the dead did not take it with them. burying it is a waste.

[@embassyofbellerose8344]

A very fascinating video_thank you.

[@hefipaleburp9543]

Anglo Saxon invasion? Raiders began to plunder the defenseless land?... how old is this documentary...?

[@crazyquilt]

2010. I was wondering much the same.

[@hogwashmcturnip8930]

So outdated. There are much better docs on here about what Probably happened. This is the old Victorian twaddle 'Wave upon wave of warriors' Really? Did they disappear on landing? .There is No evidence at this time to suggest anyone 'Invade' Nor is there any proof that the country fell apart after the Romans left. Things happen Gradually, it isn't like shutting or opening a door!

[@ljb8157]

Old enough to have a Blockbuster Video store in it.

[@cobainzlady]

Right. if anything they fought while working for a neighboring king. Or just settled there.

[@EimaiEmpusa69]

I didn't know you guys still have Blockbuster. @ 17:37

[@tennillepatterson5500]

I have to wonder if these Germanic people's were wearing their spoils of war . Many Romans were eliminated in Germania right before this time period. Maybe they weren't assimilated, but warriors that took trophies.

[@cobainzlady]

could be, but those people were already excellent gold smiths and jewelry makers, and that seems to have been brought from early Scythian forebears, who used similar designs. .

[@amenhotep651]

Very well done, thank you

[@evilbunnyzombie]

That was interesting, I love archaeology

[@phildavies7666]

To quote that highly respected group of historians; what have the saxons ever done for us

[@Funeeman]

They were the greatest people to walk this earth.

[@cobainzlady]

We thier descendants and the whole culture got a lot from them , in dna and in culture and language. Speak for yourself, because you must not be their descendant, i f you try to devalue them. That 's your hate and sour grapes . . the colonies of the Brit empire were all populated mostly by them, and we are their descendants as well.

[@phildavies7666]

@@Funeeman monty python.... yes they were/are

[@phildavies7666]

@@cobainzlady it's a pun on Monty Phytons Life of Brian . Look up 'what have the romans ever done for us'

[@ljb8157]

I'm sorry, but @1750, did I just see a blockbuster video store? Just how old IS this documentary?

[@ChristophersMum]

14 years ago😄

[@wendyHew]

The groups of angles, jutes, saxons ect did not come from France. Only Northern Germany, Denmark and Dutch coasts and the nearby areas. They were Germanic peoples

[@juliaforsyth8332]

Normandy ?

[@wendyHew]

@@juliaforsyth8332 Normandy did not exist at that time and it is far further down on the French coast. Normandy meaning North man was land given to the Viking Rollo the walker by the King of France in a cowardly attempt to try and stop the Scandinavian raids on the country. The group would continue there until Rollos descendant William the Conqueror invaded England as he had a claim to the throne, so the Normandy element joined the saxons far later

[@Gladedancer]

True, although the Franks were Germanic too.

[@wendyHew]

@@Gladedancer Yeah they had some Gaul ancestry but also mixed heavily, the original French would have been far more Germanic before they were replaced. The Normans were the viking descendants who did marry into some French lines but many also took norman or sometimes Briton partners. Intriguingly it is said that despite Robert Duke of Normandy having a wife (who has disputed origin due to a lack of documentation leading to the name William the bastard) he also had a relationship with a Briton woman and it is said that this Briton may in fact be William the Conquerors mother. The Britons were a Celtic people who had migrated to France, likely due to the Anglo-Saxon groups arrivals.

[@michaeldpa1333]

She might have been referring to the French (Viking) Normans.

[@hblock8361]

Blockbuster Video? When was this made? seems ancient too

[@brianbadonde8700]

36:40 the woman says they had tooth decay because of a lot of meat, meat does not cause tooth decay, there's nothing in meat that can cause tooth decay, it was starches and sugars obviously maybe combined with some nutrient deficiency

[@GGK2006]

Mead not meat. Mead is made by fermenting the sugars in honey.

[@brianbadonde8700]

@@GGK2006 I hope they said mead because if she said meat that's ridiculous and completely false

[@brianbadonde8700]

@@GGK2006 I checked the video again she did say they were eating a lot of meat and attributed the dental decay to that but did also say they were drinking mead

[@theclumsyprepper]

No, she didn't. She listed what the people ate and clearly said that the starches in the flour and sugars in mead were to blame. She never said meat caused tooth decay.

[@brianbadonde8700]

@@theclumsyprepper yes she did say that but she also said meat before she listed those things listen back carefully AGAIN

[@Waya420]

I wish i could do the archeological store thing 😭

[@ChristophersMum]

You could enquire at the University involved...if they still have that type of programme running... Good luck.

[@hanfleet]

I didn't think we were still using the term 'Dark Ages' anymore?

[@alexandrasmith4393]

The Anglo Saxon s didn’t bring the Dark Ages. Islamic war and slavers caused trade to almost cease across the Mediterranean, and people had to start trading via landmass.

[@roxydog08]

slavery comes with the beginning of time

[@roxydog08]

we play like married and share the work load .

[@wor53lg50]

Whats that got to do with Islamic invader s, they marry their own the reason they dont ever integrate..

[@DaviniaFernandezdeLanda-jh6qe]

the Dark Ages started different in continental Europe

[@spaceman081447]

Concerning the man who died in battle, I wonder whether he was killed by a single sword stroke or did his opponent just keep hacking away at him until he was dead. I'm just curious.

[@cobainzlady]

that seems to have been a kid like maybe a 12 year old or younger. Sad how they acted in those days. He didn't stand a chance, probably tried to defend himself. Also that is why the crippled and kids had weapons in the graves- those were for self defense.

[@kevcaratacus9428]

Videos like this can be very misleading when talking about the history of an island from north the South , such a complex time into a few short progs, can mean people think the same thing happened around the same time in the same way across the whole country . Which is untrue. What happened to the post Roman people of Verulamium throughout the 5th 6th centuries. Is completely different to the people in other Romano British towns and cities, 50 miles away or 200 miles away. Each region was different, if prefer programmes like this focused on one area that was attacked and overtaken and another that at the same time had Germanic settlers who chose land that nobody lived on or farmed and lived peacefully a few miles away from their romanised neighbours .

[@kellysouter4381]

Sugar and starch may give you bad teeth. Meat does not. That was just pushing the message.

[@cobainzlady]

you need vitamin A and D for good teeth, and minerals. maybe fish eaters had better teeth. Beef or lamb is more for muscle. but if it's pork, it's basically good for nothing .

[@danielcarson4122]

Any of frictions between Angles and Saxons? Was there a split and in what period(s)?..

[@carlericvonkleistiii2188]

Bernard Cornwell's Bebbanburgh!

[@krisgrenz8653]

She says the glass beads aren't treasures, i beg the difference, i think they are

[@Bastillian]

Pax Romana backfired across the Empire. Subjugation and pacification left an indigenous population unschooled in martial skills. When savage incursions from Pictland could not be defended, the Romano Britons were easily seduced by the Germanic warrior-traders they hired to die for them. The canny Anglo-Saxons decided to take the land for themselves. Internecine wars left the established English Heptarcy vulnerable to the warlike Danish trader-pirates and the Danelaw eventuated, leading to an Anglo-Scandinavian golden age. A thousand years later, an effete society is about to be supplanted by a warlike radical invasion by sea, and a new, ignorant and primitive dark age is upon us.

[@dean828]

Indeed... sadly, indeed.

[@hodgeelmwood8677]

Riiiight.

[@MickAngelhere]

Pretty much history repeating itself, because people fail to study history and learn from it. Thus history is ignored, but feelings rule the day aided by ignorance

[@karlkarlos3545]

get over yourself, you drama queen.

[@karlkarlos3545]

get over yourself you drama queen.

[@edwardspence-fo8vt]

This is my origin of my whole family

[@kellysouter4381]

Umm all of them? Both sides? 😊

[@SorryPlayAgain]

It’s a fascinating period featuring people who did leave a genetic and cultural legacy, but it also happened like 1500 years ago. The psychology alone is hard to understand and impossible to experience. It doesn’t make any sense for someone in the 21st century to identify with them. You are someone else and your time is now. Better to focus on being someone later generations will admire.

[@wor53lg50]

@@SorryPlayAgain who are marxist traitors to decide what people should be, you lot are gonna get rope for your deceit..

[@user-xy8xe6ng6j]

The ring at 32 min in appears to be nautical and has some Spanish or Portuguese design.

[@cobainzlady]

American of English descent here . love this archaeological history, it' s also ours. We kept the old Saxon English Tun Moot for our New England Town Halls, from the beginning. All the adult men voted on things and elected thier local leaders, and colonial governors.

[@peterellams166]

When the Anglo Saxons moved in was the land empty.the only graves were Saxon . ?? who named the area controlled.i.e. Essex Sussex .. was there a problem between the occupiers and the natives??

[@urseliusurgel4365]

Unlike in the people of rest of the Western Roman Empire - Gallo-Romans and Franks in Gaul, Visigoths in Spain, Ostrogoths in Italy etc. - the Romano-Britons put up a considerable fight against Germanic incomers. It took about 150 years before the Anglo-Saxons achieved the upper hand over the natives.

[@bertieschitz-peas429]

Do those trowels get smaller an smaller?

[@tracyjozefiak9931]

Omg Blockbusters!!

[@bruceshaw2402]

Why are these academics always surprised that folk centuries ago looked after one another , the one thing that hasn't changed from the dawn of time is human nature .

[@ConfusedIceberg-vd7qc]

Because all there was violence a lot of the time. Because they know more than you and are immersed in it… A big part of human nature is violence. Don’t kid yourself. We live in tame times. We are still animals.

[@kevcaratacus9428]

I can't find a date for when this programme was recorded. Since 2010 a lot of tbings have changed And a lot of this info is missing relevant facts . Such as a lot of what thsy refer to as saxon jewellery is not totally saxon. But a composite of original Roman, re used Roman used to make saxon jewellery Romano/ Saxon..

[@darkstarr2321]

2010 was when it was recorded

[@kevcaratacus9428]

@@darkstarr2321 its crazy how fast ( because of new technology) archaeology, is changing. I started working for the museim archaeology unit almost 35 years ago. When resistivity and magnetic surveys were improving and updating old ideas. Since then especially from 2010 onwards technology seemed to improve almost overnight each month each year . We used to set up before any digging using the old levels and staffs, sorting a benchmark from which every new layer every artifact would use to record the exact details. Now there are geo surveyors who turn up & set up a machine that scans the whole archaeological site using satellites while we ( field archaeologists) clear off for 15 mins and have a coffee . It's like something you see on tv when cops a few recording a crime scene. Plus changes in dating finds and analysing soil from undisturbed layers of archaeology, & core samples The results are amazing, compared to when I started the limitations, the time it took the varying results. Now everything seems possible. When belgic settlers started farming, what thsy farmed , what animals they kept , the changes throughout the decades re weather, hotter wetter than usual, any changes to their usual routine. Times of trouble or lack of labour due to "plagues " etc The changes , its all happening so fast. GPR , and Lidar are two of my favourites. But thankfully nothing as of yet has been created that replaces people like myself the humble field archaeologist and our trowels , our experience are still needed to 'dig stuff up" ;)

[@kevcaratacus9428]

@@darkstarr2321 its crazy how fast ( because of new technology) archaeology, is changing. I started working for the museim archaeology unit almost 35 years ago. When resistivity and magnetic surveys were improving and updating old ideas. Since then especially from 2010 onwards technology seemed to improve almost overnight each month each year . We used to set up before any digging using the old levels and staffs, sorting a benchmark from which every new layer every artifact would use to record the exact details. Now there are geo surveyors who turn up & set up a machine that scans the whole archaeological site using satellites while we ( field archaeologists) clear off for 15 mins and have a coffee . It's like something you see on tv when cops a few recording a crime scene. Plus changes in dating finds and analysing soil from undisturbed layers of archaeology, & core samples The results are amazing, compared to when I started the limitations, the time it took the varying results. Now everything seems possible. When belgic settlers started farming, what thsy farmed , what animals they kept , the changes throughout the decades re weather, hotter wetter than usual, any changes to their usual routine. Times of trouble or lack of labour due to "plagues " etc The changes , its all happening so fast. GPR , and Lidar are two of my favourites. But thankfully nothing as of yet has been created that replaces people like myself the humble field archaeologist and our trowels , our experience are still needed to 'dig stuff up" ;)

[@user-xy8xe6ng6j]

At 35:41, yep. Those are English teeth 😂

[@darkstarr2321]

@@user-xy8xe6ng6j Tired and boring American stereotype for the British, not English. Americans have worse teeth

[@sjohnson4882]

It is curious to me, as an American, that the British archaeologists seem to be really fixated on the status of individuals from the past.

[@juliaforsyth8332]

Possibly that's mainly what they can find. The ordinary Joe Bloggs isn;t usually found with interesting stuff.

[@SunnyDementia]

Silence, pleb.

[@kevcaratacus9428]

@sjohnson4882 Julia comment is true, ordinary / poor people aren't buried with 'grave goods' most were cremated and put in an old jar with nothing. Truth is archaeologists dig everything, but programmes like this are only interested in showing high status artifacts, buildings etc. They spend years digging up ordinary bits of Roman wall or remains of wooden halls , nobody ( gen public is interested) but when they dug up a burial full of posh pottery, glass wine vessels, a silver brooch or two, then everyone wants to visit the site, press send people to take pics & ask questions, It's just the nature of ordinary people which is understandable. But the arkies are interested in everything else too! It's all info.

[@georgechristian6852]

perhaps Bat, for the animals on the ring.

[@dadbod8112]

What's the difference between grave robbing and archeology? About a thousand years.

[@sandraswift3489]

before earth was polluted

[@charlesmcgarraugh9595]

I can't believe they still have blockbuster in England!

[@theclumsyprepper]

The documentary is fourteen years old.

[@charlesmcgarraugh9595]

@@theclumsyprepper lol, now that explains it! I should have looked into that.

[@johnslaughter5475]

I very much enjoy all of these Chronicle videos. They are so well done. Quality. It's too bad most of what we have in the States has degraded to garbage. I have Bede's "Ecclesiastical History of England." It is well translated so is easy to read. There is so much in it about the conversion of Anglo-Saxon England. My own ancestry is very much English. My 9th ggrandfather came to America with the Puritans.

[@SuperZippyzippy]

Where does the term Anglo Saxon come from?

[@Ax3y]

The two groups combined to fight off Vikings incursions into northern England. The Angles and Saxons. Unfortunately for the Saxons the Anglo bit stuck and became Angleland, then eventually England. The French still call us Angleterre.

[@SuperZippyzippy]

@@Ax3y thanks !!

[@Funeeman]

The term Anglo-Saxon seems to have been first used by Continental writers in the late 8th century to distinguish the Saxons of Britain from those of the European continent, whom St. Bede the Venerable had called Antiqui Saxones (“Old Saxons”).

[@Kodeekat]

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle?

[@danielcarson4122]

Auxiliary’s was from other areas as well

[@danielcarson4122]

Roman Saxons was Roman Mercenaries

[@danielcarson4122]

Frankish Culture’s as well

[@bustedfender]

Bloomin’ Saxons, coming over here with their elaborate burial rituals, trying to fit in. Roman means Roman.

[@user-ck5ho3di2o]

Nice to see Alice with fair hair an not bright red,know we use to paint ourselves blue an live in caves,still seems we all go backwards in one way or another,

[@andreweden9405]

Can you imagine a Muslim archeologist in a Muslim country saying anything like "this famous Islamic historian may be our best primary source from the period. However, his work was highly biased by his Muslim faith, so we should take it with a grain of salt"? If the answer is no, then that tells you that something is deeply wrong with 21st century Western civilization!

[@felipecortez1042]

I think she was contrasting the pagan English kings, with Christian ones, but I know what you mean

[@raysargent4055]

The first Anglo Saxons were invited by the Briton acting as overlord two shiploads of jutes led by two Angle brothers Hengis and Horsa came as mercenaries hired to repell invading non Romano Britains from the north .

[@Celtopia]

That is now disputed......

[@MikeLiteraus]

​@@CeltopiaYeah, the BBC told me they are all African 😂

[@sportsfisher9677]

It is true that some fought for Rome, but Indigenous Celtic Brits were not invading Romano Britan, because it was theirs they sought to win it back.

[@shawnsanborn2057]

Bs

[@user-pz9pu6us2s]

Wow were you there? It’s just historians don’t know but you have the answer

[@Rabbitique58]

The little heads look like Italian greyhounds. The ears are representative of that

[@albionmyl7735]

the presenter looks very Anglo Saxon..... apparently we left our DNA... 🇩🇪👀.... psss🤫don't tell the BBC..... I guess is forbidden to mention this..... but I am German from the homeland of the old Saxon.... and happy that we are connected with our english cousins❤, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇩🇪🥰

[@albionmyl7735]

*it's forbidden (correction)

[@LR-sn9gt]

I just think it is very sad that it is an American that starts up a project to get British people involved in their ancestry instead of a British person instigating these sorts of projects.

[@wor53lg50]

British people now their own history well thanks, it other foreigners in the country who dont like them to have it, or like to twist it...

[@zdbitsupport]

Those look like 4 horses on the ring...

[@susanscott8653]

I thought so.🤔

[@christelmayer]

Smaaart😮

[@garysmith8276]

The only Dark Age that existed was our knowledge of that time . With archaeology we have open our knowledge of the so called Dark Age.

[@raysargent4055]

Why have you depicted Anglo Saxons with dark hair ?

[@c1ph3rpunk]

It’s AI generated, one would have to ask the AI.

[@Jimmie2429]

You’re right!! I’m outraged!! The Anglo-Saxons were obviously of Sub-Saharan African heritage and most likely non binary.

[@citytrees1752]

Anglo Saxons had dark hair, medium brown hair, blond hair, and red hair. Just like people in middle-Western Europe and England today.

[@sammydasilva6152]

When I saw the thumbnails, I assumed it was about medieval southern Europeans. However, they did show them as white folks. Gemeni AI, Netflix, or the BBC would have shown them as black.

[@sammydasilva6152]

@@citytrees1752 I get what you mean, but AI portrayed them more as Southern Europeans.

[@raysargent4055]

Ancient Britons did not have a written language their language was Brythonic therefore after the Romans left there was was almost no one left to record events hence the dark ages .

[@polleonardtaliesinhywel6986]

I think the type of writing changed, more so. Saint’s lives and religious sermons such as those from Gildas survive from this period, and writings became plentiful in Ireland in the following centuries. More focus was placed on religious writings during this period, and historical chronicles emerged later on as the style became more popular.

[@alexandrasmith4393]

There’s no evidence for that. The DA were caused by Islamic pirates across the Mediterranean. Notice how trade takes place across land and not using the sea ‘superhighways’. Latin was still used. NT Greek.

[@alexandrasmith4393]

Celtic Christianity was in place well before the Romans left. What came in was the RC pagan religion, and the gospel had to be preached yet again by Aiden et al.

[@simonpayne8252]

Are there not hundreds of stones with writing on them in what is called Coelbren? I

[@kenthefley2226]

Who is the woman narrating this?

[@theclumsyprepper]

Dr. Alice Roberts.

[@cassieoz1702]

Good grief. When saying why they had tooth decay, to put meat first (which does NOT cause dental disease) before getting to the litany of things that DO, demonstrates her dietary bias

[@juliaforsyth8332]

Well yes it can. Fresh red meat is high in acid plus if food is caught in a cavity it can cause dental problems and encourage the formation of plaque.

[@cassieoz1702]

@juliaforsyth8332 fresh meat is not high in acid, and erosion of dental enamel is most common when dietary carbs are fermented to acid bu oral bacteria. Pre-agricultural (ie ore-grain) humans had far fewer caries. Of all the things she mentioned, meat should be at the bottom of the list

[@catherinenugent6326]

Isn’t it convent not nunnery

[@kevcaratacus9428]

I Think both are pretty much the same thing

[@catherinenugent6326]

@@kevcaratacus9428 and what is an abbey? Suppose they are all interchangeable

[@kevcaratacus9428]

@@catherinenugent6326 a numnery/ convent is for women. An abbey, monastery is for men, monks, priests, an Abbott. Both have a church, and grounds , surrounded by walks and large gates , inside were living quarters, places to grow their own veg and herbs, keep animals, especially goats- milk - cheese A hospital/ infirmary, kitchens. They were self sufficient & They also looked after the poor & fed them.. Monasteries were larger than numnerys. I think the women kept themselves away from the outside world in general. They didn't provide the things or deal with the poor in the way the monasteries, friarys did. They also gave a few silver pennies to the poor at certain times of the year ( saints days etc). They were Catholic, so after Henry 8th broke from Rome and started the protestant church of England he took their land and kicked them out He kept & sold their lands. I guess the poor suffered the most . All because Henry 8th wanted a divorce..

[@troymitchell1747]

How about calling it digging grandpa and grandma

[@stephengarrett8076]

So basically no one knows anything about the saxons ? Ive unfortunately seen the same stuff and presentation since i was young but A HO as long as you know about the migration from Africa and the habits of stone age man ???

[@Al-AI]

Briton was never Roman yma o hyd

[@RhysapGrug]

Are you really that stupid😮😮?

[@skyhigh1154]

The host is simply a beautifull smart woman😊

[@jaydils9680]

Just believe it all started with Adam & eve 5,000 bc then you know everything 😂

[@juliaforsyth8332]

And Lilith.

[@roxydog08]

greys were here

[@Datacorrupter234]

looks like me

[@petruse8893]

No make up, God bless you

[@chrisp308]

Yes of course meat will rot your teeth🤣 y'all are freaking genius!

[@user-rq7el8nh6q]

No wonder I was born depressed

[@darkstarr2321]

Professor Alice is such a babe

[@monicacollins8289]

The reason their teeth were bad was because of the grains and honey they ate, along with no oral hygiene. It was NOT because they ate meat. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@roxydog08]

animal was a horse

[@jimclarke1108]

😍