Dig Into History – April 2019

THEN & NOW WHAT’S CHANGED? The time period and the style of clothing THEN: This 19th-century illustration shows the Anglo-Sa ...

Forgotten Vikings Pg 40 Rome’s Grip Weakens Pg 2 Plants Tell Tales Pg 37 THE ‘BAMBURGH BEAST’ Pg 18 ® Meet the Anglo- Saxons INT ...

Check out our online teacher’s guidesat WWW.CRICKETMEDIA.COM/ TEACHER-RESOURCES/ 9 Where We Are — Anglo- Saxon England 15 Tales ...

illustration by Tim Oliphant MUSINGS Pat ence s al o a ness ANGLOSAXON PROVERB Now that is a great question! I had read that phr ...

“Step quickly now!” shouts the Roman commander as he readies his troops to leave England. ...

3 Since the Early Middle Ages, people have thought that the Angles — along with other Germanic tribes called the Saxons and the ...

4 people who had inhabited Britain under Roman rule. Landscape archaeologists have noted that these three groups correspond to d ...

5 act. Those in charge of the military helped redefine fashions in England. As a result, the people there began to look more lik ...

6 Isotopes Offer Clues by Janet Kay Take a look! An archaeologist takes measurements at a recently uncovered Anglo-Saxon burial ...

7 A lot of what we know about the arrival of the Angles, Saxons, and other people to Britain in the fifth century comes from arc ...

8 The isotope evidence we have suggests that people moved throughout Britain during the fifth and sixth centuries. But even more ...

WHEREWE ARE illustrated by Sophie Kittredge ...

Meet Kings 4 by Ben Bertrand and Kortney Arnold ...

King Offa (757–796 Ƌƍ) During the Early Middle Ages, England was divided into seven kingdoms, known as the heptarchy. They inc ...

12 Alfred the Great (849–899 Ƌƍ The most famous Anglo- Saxon king is, without question, Alfred the Great of Wessex. Born in 8 ...

Holy Roman Emperoris the title history gives to the ruler of the empire in west-central Europe that began with the crowning of C ...

14 Cnut the Great (1016–1035Ƌƍ) Cnut (also spelled Canute) was one of the most powerful kings in pre-Conquest England, and one ...

by Sarah Novak all is ruled by my commands!” The advisers nodded enthusiastically. “Take my royal throne to the seashore, please ...

A study of Anglo-Saxon female burials in Britain reveals that they are somewhat more elaborate than male burials. This is becaus ...

17 poorly made. The decoration is usually very simple and unevenly applied, suggesting that the artisan — or artisans — never pr ...