From the origins to the Middle Ages

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  • The Celts
    700 BCE

    The Celts

    The Iron Age - 600 BC - 50 AD
    The Celts were divided up into clans, each with its own chieftain.
  • Period: 700 BCE to 1066

    The Origins - The Middle Ages

  • The Romans
    55 BCE

    The Romans

    Over the next few centuries, the Celts became "Romanized," allying with Rome against her enemies, seeing themselves as Roman citizens and looking to the Empire to protect them.
  • Period: 55 BCE to 410

    The Romans

    Julius Caesar (55 BC) - Emperor Claudius (43/47 AD)
  • Germanic tribes Angles – Saxons – Jutes
    449

    Germanic tribes Angles – Saxons – Jutes

    The Anglo-Saxons established 7 Kingdoms in Britain: Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia, Essex, Kent, Sussex, Wessex
  • Period: 449 to 871

    THE DARK AGES (409-1066): Angles – Saxons – Jutes

    Angles, Saxons, and Jutes came from Germany and Denmark and settled in England around 449 A.D
  • The Viking
    793

    The Viking

    The Vikings attacked Britain because they had traded goods with the
    Anglo- Saxons for many years, and knew of their wealth.
  • Period: 793 to 1066

    THE DARK AGES (409-1066): The Vikings

    The Vikings came from Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The Viking Age in Britain lasted for just over 200 years
  • The Normans
    1066

    The Normans

    When William the Conqueror became King of England in 1066 he introduced a new kind of feudal system into Britain. William confiscated the land in England from the Saxon lords and allocated it to members of his own family and the Norman lords who had helped him conquer the country.
  • Period: 1066 to 1485

    The Normans - Feudalism

    By 1100, all land was completely in the hands of the Normans.