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Pupils could list the pros and cons of coming to Britain if they were Saxons. They could write diaries of their boat journeys here and about where they settled. On a map, Anglo-Saxon place names ...

The term Anglo-Saxon is a relatively ... to survive the Viking invasions. Eric Bloodaxe, the Viking ruler of York, was killed by the Wessex army in 954 and England was united under one king ...

maps, notes, index. $43.95 paper. ISBN: 0752446142. A history of Britain during ... arrival of the Anglo-Saxons in the sixth. An interesting work for students of Roman governance, the Late Empire, ...