Endland

Anglo- Saxons and the Middle Ages

The invasion of the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes in 449, marked the beginning of English history. After dubbing their newfound territory “Angle-Land,” the Germanic invaders started to form small kingdoms within this territory. During the 8th and 9th centuries most of England had fallen to other Germanic invaders. However in 878 Alfred, the Saxon King, recaptured most of the lost English land as well as London. Alfred’s son and grandson would later win back all of England and set the county at peace. After King Edward died, the Duke of Normandy would lay claim to the English throne. The outcome at the Battle of Hastings would give England a new king, William I. As England moved into the Middle Ages, food and fashion became a definition of status. Noble women wore pointed headdresses, men wore liripipes, and children wore miniature versions of adult clothes. Farmers and the like were forbidden by law to wear anything but a cheap cloth or blank...