Social Sciences and History / Unit 3 SSH 0233 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Franks, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings
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The idea
Germanic kings inherited Roman bureaucracy and ruled by clan law of honor and retribution. Rome abandoned Britain about four hundred; Anglo-Saxons made England. Clovis united the Franks and converted to Latin Christianity in five hundred for practical reasons.
In practice
Longships carrying Norse raiders and traders from about seven hundred.
Where people slip
After the Carolingians, Saracens, Magyars and Vikings kept Europe violent until about one thousand.
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