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| | ===Britain, King Arthur and the Anglo-Saxons=== | | ===Britain, King Arthur and the Anglo-Saxons=== |
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| − | As the Roman empire was collapsing in the A.D. 400s, it withdrew from Britain. In the view of some, the legend of King Arthur dates to this time, when a hero named Ambrosius Aurelianus emerged for the British people. But no one knows how much, if any, of the legend of King Arthur is factual. | + | As the Roman empire was collapsing in the A.D. 400s, it withdrew from Britain. In the view of some, the legend of King Arthur dates to this time, when a hero named Ambrosius Aurelianus emerged for the British people. But no one knows how much, if any, of the legend of King Arthur, Camelot, the Knights of the Round Table, Lancelot and Guinevere (a romantic couple like the one at right) is factual. |
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| | Who were the British people at that time? The "Anglo-Saxons", who were Germanic tribes that conquered England and ruled it in a chaotic manner until the Norman conquest of A.D. 1066 brought order and prosperity to the entire island. The "Anglo-Saxons" were actually a mixture of three different Germanic peoples: the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes. The "Picts" were another group of people who emerged in Scotland at this time. The greatest Anglo-Saxon ruler was Alfred the Great, who defended Britain from Viking attacks in the A.D. 800s. | | Who were the British people at that time? The "Anglo-Saxons", who were Germanic tribes that conquered England and ruled it in a chaotic manner until the Norman conquest of A.D. 1066 brought order and prosperity to the entire island. The "Anglo-Saxons" were actually a mixture of three different Germanic peoples: the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes. The "Picts" were another group of people who emerged in Scotland at this time. The greatest Anglo-Saxon ruler was Alfred the Great, who defended Britain from Viking attacks in the A.D. 800s. |
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| − | Pope Gregory the Great sent Augustine of Canterbury to convert Britain to Christianity in A.D. 596, and English monks and nuns helped that effort in the centuries that followed. | + | Pope Gregory the Great sent Augustine of Canterbury to convert Britain to Christianity in A.D. 596, and English monks and nuns helped that effort in the centuries that followed. |
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| | ===Charlemagne and the Carolingian Court=== | | ===Charlemagne and the Carolingian Court=== |