How Britain changed after the Romans
I can describe how Britain changed after the Romans left.
How Britain changed after the Romans
I can describe how Britain changed after the Romans left.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Without the Roman legions to defend it, Germanic tribes invaded and quickly settled across Britain.
- They established seven great Anglo-Saxon kingdoms that rivalled one another.
- By the late 8th century Mercia was the most powerful kingdom following the rule of Offa and Cynethryth.
- Christianity withered away, but returned in the 6th and 7th centuries, eventually spreading across Britain.
- In Scotland, the Picts were joined by Irish Scots who brought Gaelic culture with them.
Keywords
Rivalled - rivalled means to have competed with someone and tried to be better or more successful than them
Withered - if something has withered it has gradually declined or shrunk
Gaelic - Gaelic is the traditional language and culture of groups such as the Scots and Irish
Common misconception
As Christianity was popular in Roman times before its return, pupils may think this isn't a change.
Due to two forms of Christianity being practiced before the Synod of Whitby, there was a significant change to religion in Britain.
Content guidance
- Depiction or discussion of sensitive content
Supervision
Adult supervision recommended
Licence
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Exit quiz
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to have competed with someone to be better than them
to have gradually declined or shrunk
the Angles, Saxons and Jutes tribes who arrived after the Romans left