Anglo-Saxon Workshop
A visit from our historical interpreters can really bring your Anglo-Saxon topic to life
We love to run workshops about this confusing and volatile period of history
Book now to have Days Gone By bring the birth of the nation we now call England to your classroom
What to Expect
Angles, Saxons, and Jutes
Hear how the people we know as the Angles, the Saxons, and the Jutes travelled to the Roman province of Britannia to defend it from their enemies
Life on an Anglo-Saxon Farm
What houses would everyday Anglo-Saxon people live in? What did they eat? What jobs did they do?
Christianity
How do we know so much about the Anglo-Saxons? What language did they speak, and how did writing come to be so valuable to our understanding of these enigmatic people?
Conquest
Get your hands on replicas of the weapons used to defend England against the Normans, and hear how the Anglo-Saxon world came crashing down on one misty October morning in 1066
Curriculum Topics
Britain’s settlement by the Anglo-Saxons
Roman withdrawal from Britain in c. AD 410
Anglo-Saxon invasions, settlements and kingdoms: place names and village life
Anglo-Saxon art and culture
Christian conversion – Canterbury, Iona and Lindisfarne
Alfred the Great and Athelstan, first king of England
Anglo-Saxon laws and justice
Edward the Confessor and his death in 1066
William the Conqueror and The Battle of Hastings