Anglo-Saxon beliefs
Early Anglo-Saxon beliefs
The early Anglo-Saxons were pagans and believed in many gods. When people died they were either cremated and put in a pottery urn or buried with their belongings. It was believed that the dead would need their belongings in their next life.
A king´s burial
In 1939, an amazing discovery was made at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. When a large earth mound was dug up archaeologists found traces of an Anglo-Saxon ship and many precious objects. Archaeologists think this may have been the grave of King Redwald, who died around 625.
The coming of Christianity
After the Romans left, Christianity continued in the areas of England where Anglo-Saxons did not settle. In 597 the Pope sent a monk called Augustine to England to persuade the Anglo-Saxon kings to become Christians. Over the next two centuries, many Saxons turned to Christianity and hundreds of churches and monasteries were built.
Monasteries
The monasteries were centres of learning, where monks and nuns devoted themselves to studying the Bible.
The only children that went to school in Anglo-Saxon times where those that lived in monasteries. Years were spent in prayer, copying out manuscripts and writing books.
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