People groups discussed in the lecture: answers
|
|
When were
they in Britain? |
What was
their main language? |
|
Celts
|
They were
the original settlers |
Celtic
languages (today: Gaelic and Welsh) |
|
Romans |
AD 43–410 |
Latin |
|
‘Barbarians’
(Germanic tribes) |
AD 449
onwards |
Anglo-Saxon
or Old English dialects |
|
Vikings |
AD 787
onwards |
Old Norse
(‘Scandinavian’, ‘Norwegian’, ‘Danish’) |
|
Normans |
1066
onwards |
(Norman)
French – at least initially |