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Who are the Anglo-Saxons?

The word "Anglo-Saxon" is often referred to the modern inhabitants of England or their descendants. However, in reality, the Anglo-Saxons are a people who lived in England many years ago. After the conquest of Britain by the Romans, it was under dominion for about 400 years. Then the Roman legionaries were recalled back to Italy, leaving Britain exposed to external aggression. At first, the inhabitants of Britain, the British, managed to exist in much the same way as under the Romans, but by the middle of the XNUMXth century, itinerant tribes began to settle in that part of Britain that is now called East Anglia.

The British had to make sure that the aliens were aggressive and ruthless people - they even had songs and legends only about wars and battles. Basically they belonged to one of the three Germanic tribes: Angles, Saxons and Jutes. All of them lived on the very coast of the North and Baltic Seas or not far from it. These people were fair-haired, slender and brave warriors.

By the end of the 829th century, they had succeeded in destroying the remnants of the former Roman rule in Britain and establishing seven kingdoms. At first, a separate king ruled in each of the kingdoms, but in 871 they all ended up in one under the authority of a single ruler. One of his heirs was Alfred the Great, who ruled the country from 900 to XNUMX AD. e.

In 1066, the Anglo-Saxon dynasty lost power during the Norman Conquest. The Old English or Anglo-Saxon language spoken by the Anglo-Saxons was a mixture of Angles, Saxons and Jutes. Modern English developed on the basis of Anglo-Saxon, however, perhaps only linguists are able to find common ground in them.

Author: Likum A.

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Where did the first schools originate?

A school is a place where several people, usually children, come together to acquire certain knowledge and skills. You can note two distinctive features of the school: this is a certain place where several people study at once.

The Greek and Roman schools were the forerunners of all modern schools and colleges. But even in Greece many centuries ago there were times when one student was brought to one professional teacher. There were no schools or classes then.

Later, Greek speakers and philosophers, to whom students came and who had to travel a lot in order to give people knowledge, began to create some kind of school. The great Greek philosopher Plato was the first teacher to organize education in what he called "the academy". The term of study there was 3-4 years.

Ancient schools were usually located on the grounds where the military trained or held parades. These places were called gymnasiums. Later, Aristotle created his own school and called it a lyceum. Another thing is also interesting: in Germany, schools began to be called gymnasiums, in France - lyceums, and the Scottish name of the school is an academy! All three names have survived from the time of Plato and Aristotle.

Neither of these two schools looked like a modern educational institution. Rather, they were places for discussion, and only occasionally lectures or classes were given to students.

Around the year 250, the ancient Greeks realized that students should be taught grammar, so special grammar schools gradually appeared.

Still later, the Romans adopted their system of education from the Greeks. Roman schools were more similar to modern ones. Believe it or not, students went to Roman schools with the same reluctance that we sometimes go to modern ones. The students had to get up early, memorize complex rules, a foreign language and, in addition, behave appropriately. The disobedient and lazy were flogged with rods!

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