Starter quiz
- Complete the sentence: The ______ of Anglo-Saxon women have various objects that give clues about their lives and status.
- 'graves' ✓
- Which statements relate to the discovery of domestic items in female graves?
- They were only allowed to stay in their homes.
- They controlled access to the home. ✓
- The only thing they were allowed to do was look after their families.
- An important job for women was looking after their families. ✓
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- What are girdle-hangers?
- Items used to display jewellery
- Items that symbolise keys ✓
- Items used to hang clothes from
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- What was the brooch found in an Anglo-Saxon female grave made of?
- gold ✓
- garnet ✓
- wood
- silver ✓
- stone
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- How do historians know that women could be seen as important in Anglo-Saxon society?
- The findings in certain graves showed that they were important. ✓
- There are many paintings of important Anglo-Saxon women.
- There are lots of things written about important Anglo-Saxon women.
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- What word means 'to represent or stand for something else'?
- 'symbolise' ✓
Exit quiz
- What was the name of the Germanic tribe that were very powerful in early medieval Europe?
- the Saxons
- the Celts
- the Vikings
- the Franks ✓
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- Complete the sentence: The ______ found at Sutton Hoo suggest there were links between the Franks and the Anglo-Saxons.
- 'coins' ✓
- Which of the below relates to the meaning of 'mint'?
- making a coin by stamping metal ✓
- describing what coins look like
- describing where coins are made ✓
- showing the value of different coins
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- Who was the first Anglo-Saxon ruler to put his head on a coin?
- Wulfred, Archbishop of Canterbury
- King Offa ✓
- Emperor Marcus Aurelius
- King Aethelbert II
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- What did archaeologists find with the coins to show that wealth grew in Anglo-Saxon Britain?
- clothes
- tapestries
- pottery ✓
- manuscripts
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- What, aside from wealth, did the discovery of coins and pottery show that grew during Anglo-Saxon Britain?
- 'trade' ✓
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Key learning points
- All the coins found at Sutton Hoo were Frankish, showing how well connected Kent and East Anglia were to Europe.
- Roman influence continued: Offa made coins making him look like an Emperor with Romulus, Remus and a wolf on the back!
- Whilst major towns collapsed after the Romans left, evidence of coins suggested they grew again under the Anglo-Saxons.
- Anglo-Saxon kings such as Offa began to mint their own coins at growing towns in places like London and Canterbury.
- These, along with lots of pottery, show how towns grew due to the increasing wealth and trade in Anglo-Saxon Britain.
Common misconception
Pupils may believe that Offa was the only Anglo-Saxon king to mint coins.
Offa was the first, but other kings minted coins with their head on too. The Archbishop of Canterbury has also been found on coins as well as Offa's queen: Cynethryth.
Keywords
Franks - the Franks were a Germanic tribe that were very powerful in early medieval Europe, particularly in modern-day France
Mint - to mint means to make a coin by stamping metal; it can also be used as a noun to describe where coins are made
Pottery - pottery refers to objects made of clay that are shaped and then fired at high temperatures to harden them
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