Contents

• Introduction
• What Happened when the Romans Left
• King Arthur
• King Arthur's Life in the Story Books
• People
• Famous Kings
• Places to Live
• Kingdoms
• Religion
• Fashion, Art & Literature
• The Sutton Hoo Ship Burial

• When were the 'Dark Ages'?
• Who were the Britons?
• Where were the British Kingdoms?
• Who were the Saxons?
• Who were the Scots?
• Who were the Picts?
• Where were the Pictish Kingdoms?

• Who lived in Roman Britain?
• Why the Romans left Britain
• What the British did next
• What happened when King Vortigern took over
• How the Saxons came to Britain
• How the Saxons made Britain their home
• How some Saxon soldiers became Kings in Britain

• What we know about King Arthur
• Documents that prove Arthur was a Real Person
• Who was Arthur?
• People who wrote about Arthur

• King Arthur’s Childhood
• The Sword in the Stone
• Rebellion against King Arthur
• King Arthur the Successful
• King Arthur is Lied to
• Evil Sir Mordred
• The Death of King Arthur

• Glastonbury
  • King Arthur buried at Glastonbury Abbey?
  • For & Against
  • Glastonbury Tor

• All about Local Kings
• Kids in the Dark Ages
• Who were Pelagius and Germanus?
• People who wrote about Arthur
• What were Minstrels?
• What were Slaves?
• What were Monks & Nuns?
• St. Augustine
• St. Aethelwold & his Reforms
• Leisure Activities
• Food & Drink

• King Aethelbert of Kent
• King Arthur of Britain
• King Cerdic of Wessex
• King Edwin of Northumbria
• King Redwald of East Anglia
• King Offa of Mercia
• King Oswald of Northumbria
• King Oswiu of Northumbria
• King Penda of Mercia
• King Saebert of Essex
• King Vortigern of Britain

• British & Saxon Place-Names
• British Houses
  • In Towns
  • Farms & Villages
  • Great Halls for Lords & Kings
• Saxon Houses
  • Trading Towns
  • Walled Towns
  • Farms & Villages
  • Great Halls for Lords & Kings
• Inside a Great Hall
• Why Town Life wasn't Popular
• What are Hillforts?
• Defensive Dykes
• Saxon Trades & Crafts

• Calchfynedd
• Dumnonia
• Dyfed
• East Anglia
• Essex
• Glywysing
• Gwynedd
• Kent
• Mercia
  • Mercian Sub-Kingdoms
• Morgannwg
• Northumbria
• Powys
• Sussex
• Wessex
  • Saxon Berkshire
• Map of the British Kingdoms

• Christianity comes to Britain
  • The Pope & the Angels
  • Saxons dump their Old Gods
  • Christianity goes North of the Border
• The British Church
  • What British Churches were like
  • Who were Pelagius and Germanus?
  • How the British Church changed
• Pagan Saxons
  • Saxon Gods
  • Why bury stuff in graves?
  • Saxons dump their Old Gods
• The Saxon Church
  • Christians take over Pagan Shrines & Festivals
  • What Saxon Churches were like
  • Saxon Carvings
  • Christian Quarrel at Whitby
• What were Missionaries?
  • Missionaries in England
• What were Hermits?
• All about Monasteries
  • What were Monks & Nuns?
  • All about Books & Manuscripts
  • Aethelwold's Reforms
• Relics & Pilgrimage

• The Saxon Look
  • How do we know what they looked like?
  • How do we know what women wore?
  • How do we know what men wore?
• Kids in the Dark Ages
• What were Minstrels?
• What are Runes?
• Schools
• Saxon Carvings
• Saxon Trades & Crafts
• All about Books & Manuscripts
  • The Lichfield Gospels
  • The Lindisfarne Gospels
• People who wrote about Arthur
• The Beowulf Poem
  • Beowulf & Grendel
  • Beowulf & Grendel's Mother
  • Beowulf & the Dragon
  • Beowulf Quotes

• Why is Sutton Hoo famous?
• The Ship
• The Helmet
  • Decorated Panels
  • More Pictures
• Weapons
  • The Sword
  • The Shield
  • Photos
• Jewellery
  • More Photos
• Symbols of Power
• Other Treasures
  • Photos
  • More Photos
• The Mystery of the Missing Body
  • Who was buried there?
  • Why the ship and things?
• Other Mounds
• Execution Burials
• The Royal Tump at Taplow
  • Photos
• The Prittlewell Royal Burial
• The Staffordshire Hoard
  • Military Treasures
  • Christian Treasures
  • Why hide the Gold?

• Colouring Sheets
• Activity Sheets