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The following articles address this period of history in each of the nations of Great Britain: England in the Middle Ages. Anglo-Saxon England (600–1066) England in the High Middle Ages (1066 – c. 1216) England in the Late Middle Ages (c. 1216 – 1485) Scotland in the Middle Ages. Scotland in the Early Middle Ages (400–900)
Such Viking evidence in Britain consists primarily of Viking burials undertaken in Shetland, Orkney, the Western Isles, the Isle of Man, Ireland, and the north-west of England. [53] Archaeologists James Graham-Campbell and Colleen E. Batey remarked that it was on the Isle of Man where Norse archaeology was "remarkably rich in quality and quantity".
Anglo-Saxon England or Early Medieval England covers the period from the end of Roman Britain in the 5th century until the Norman Conquest in 1066. It consisted of various Anglo-Saxon kingdoms until 927, when it was united as the Kingdom of England by King Æthelstan (r. 927–939).
In modern times, the term "Anglo-Saxons" is used by scholars to refer collectively to the Old English speaking groups in Britain. As a compound term, it has the advantage of covering the various English-speaking groups on the one hand, and to avoid possible misunderstandings from using the terms "Saxons" or "Angles" (English), both of which terms could be used either as collectives referring ...
England in the Middle Ages concerns the history of England during the medieval period, from the end of the 5th century through to the start of the early modern period in 1485. When England emerged from the collapse of the Roman Empire, the economy was in tatters and many of the towns abandoned. After several centuries of Germanic immigration ...
Yorke (Wessex in the Early Middle Ages, 1995), for example, only allows that some Frankish settlement is possible. [148] Frankish sea raiding was recorded as early as 260 [ 149 ] and became common for the next century, but their raids on Britain ended c. 367 [ 150 ] as Frankish interest turned southward and was thereafter focused on the control ...
A 1721 illustration of so-called "mob football", a variety of medieval football. Medieval football is a modern term used for a wide variety of the localised informal football games which were invented and played in England during the Middle Ages. Alternative names include folk football, mob football and Shrovetide football.
Pilgrimages were a popular religious practice throughout the Middle Ages in England, with the tradition dating back to the Roman period. [124] Typically pilgrims would travel short distances to a shrine or a particular church, either to do penance for a perceived sin, or to seek relief from an illness or other condition. [ 125 ]