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Anglo-Saxon: KS2 Knowledge Mat

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archaeologist People who work out our history Sticky Knowledge about the Anglo-Saxon
by looking at artefacts that have Anglo-Saxons Settlements
Anglo-Saxon been found.
kingdoms ? The Anglo-Saxons were made up of three tribes:
shires During their time in Britain the the Angles; Saxons; and, Jutes.
Anglo-Saxons formed many
Shire reeve kingdoms. ? They name ‘Angles’ eventually became
thane ‘English’ and their land became ‘England’.
legacy Saxon lands were divided into
shires, which helped to make up ? They came to Britain from across the North Sea
Wessex the counties we have today in the middle of the 5th century.

Witan or The peace officer of a shire, later ? For a long time, England was not one country,
witenagermot known as ‘sheriff’. Anglo-Saxon kings ruled lots of small kingdoms
wergild across the land.
churl An important Anglo-Saxon
Mercia person. ? The Anglo-Saxons were fierce people who
fought many battles, including fighting each
Anglo-Saxons left a legacy which other.
included the language we
speak, culture and politics. Many ? The Anglo-Saxon period ended when the
of the shires are our boundaries Normans conquered Britain in 1066.
for counties today.
? The Anglo-Saxons were made up of three tribes:
Known today as Dorset, the Angles; Saxons; and, Jutes
Hampshire, Somerset and
Wiltshire.

A council that helped the Saxon
king rule.

A fine imposed for stealing or
killing.

A lower-class Anglo-Saxon but
better than a slave.

Known today as East Anglia,
Essex, Kent and Sussex.

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