Содержание
- 5. Julius Caesar first came to Britain in 55 BC, but Roman army occupied Britain almost a
- 6. Almost a century later in 43 AD Emperor Claudius sent his legions over the sea to
- 7. Map of the west of England in the Roman conquest period in the years 43 -
- 8. The Iron Age hill fort of Maiden Castle (Dorset) Vespasian met strong resistance from the people
- 9. Reconstruction illustration of the Roman legionary fortress at Exeter. In about 55, 12 years after the
- 10. The Roman occupation lasted for over 350 years. The Romans saw their mission of civilizing the
- 11. Richborough Roman fort (Kent) For about forty years after the Roman invasion Richborough was a supply
- 12. Richborough Roman fort (Kent) Richborough is a good example of a place which was occupied by
- 13. The Romans had invaded because the Celts of Britain were working with the Celts of Gaul
- 14. The Romans brought the skills of reading and writing to Britain. While the Celtic peasantry remained
- 15. The Romans could not conquer “Caledonia”, as they called Scotland, although they spent over a century
- 16. Map of Roman Wales
- 17. Roman’s control came to an end as the empire began to collapse. The first signs were
- 18. Hadrian’s wall
- 19. Hadrian's Wall was built of stone, mainly sandstone, quarried locally. The stones were held together with
- 20. In 409 AD Rome pulled its last soldiers out of Britain, the Romano-British, the Celts were
- 21. Roman Life The most obvious characteristic of Roman Britain was its towns, which were the basis
- 22. The Romans left about 20 large towns of 5,000 inhabitants, and almost one hundred smaller ones.
- 23. These towns were built with stone as well as wood, and had planned streets that crossed
- 24. These roads continued to be used long after the Romans left, and became the main roads
- 25. The growth of large farms was outside the towns. They were called “villas”. These belonged to
- 26. Public and private dwellings were decorated in imitation of the Roman style. Sculpture and wall painting
- 27. There was a growing difference between the rich and those who did the actual work on
- 28. It is difficult to be sure how many people were living in Britain when the Romans
- 29. The new wave of invaders changed all that.
- 30. The Saxon invasion
- 32. The wealth of Britain by the fourth century, the result of its mild climate and centuries
- 33. The invaders came from three powerful Germanic tribes, the Saxons, Angles and Jutes. The Jutes settled
- 34. The Angles settled in the east, and also in the north Midlands, while the Saxons settled
- 35. The Anglo-Saxon migrations gave the larger part of Britain its new name, England, "the land of
- 36. The strength of Anglo-Saxon culture is obvious even today. Days of the week were named after
- 37. Anglo-Saxon belt fittings
- 38. Frankish glass 'claw beaker' 5th-6th century, excavated in Kent
- 39. A type of Anglo-Saxon building called a Grubenhaus
- 40. The Anglo-Saxons established a number of kingdoms: Essex (East Saxons), Sussex (South Saxons), Wessex (West Saxons).
- 41. King Offa of Mercia (757-96) was powerful enough to employ thousands of men to build a
- 42. Government and society
- 43. The Saxons created institutions which made the English state strong for the next 500 years. One
- 44. Anglo-Saxon king with his witan.
- 45. The Saxons divided the land into new administrative areas, based on shires, or counties. In 1974
- 46. Anglo-Saxon technology changed the shape of English agriculture. The Anglo-Saxons introduced a far heavier plough. This
- 47. One of these fields would be used for planting spring crops, and another for autumn crops.
- 48. In each district was a "manor" or large house. This was a simple building where local
- 49. At first the lords, or aldermen, were simply local officials. But by the beginning of the
- 50. Christianity
- 51. We cannot know how or when Christianity first reached Britain, but it was certainly well before
- 52. It was the Celtic Church which brought Christianity to the ordinary people of Britain. The Celtic
- 53. Saxon kings helped the Church to grow, but the Church also increased the power of kings.
- 54. The Vikings
- 55. Towards the end of the eighth century new raiders were tempted by Britain's wealth. These were
- 57. Скачать презентацию