Life in the UK Explained

500 – 1000: Anglo-Saxons and Vikings

Embroidered picture: a Viking longship at sea and a small church on the shore

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5 stories from this era

  1. AD 410–600The Romans leave, three tribes arriveabout 2 min2 questions
  2. 5th–6th centuriesChristianity arrives from two directionsabout 2 min2 questions
  3. 620sSutton Hoo: a king's ship under a moundabout 2 min1 question
  4. AD 789–878The Vikings: raiders from the seaabout 4 min4 questions
  5. c. 843–1066Kenneth in the north, Cnut in the southabout 2 min2 questions

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