Saxon & Norse
Anglo-Saxon AD450-1066
This period began following the breakdown of Roman power in AD410, and ended with the Norman invasion in AD1066. The Anglo-Saxon period is associated with the invasion of Germanic Saxon tribes in the 5th century AD, and continues until the Norman invasion in AD1066.
Norse AD780-1066 (or 1230 in Northern Scotland)
The period where groups left Scandinavia to raid other areas, covering the 8th-11th centuries AD. Documentary sources from England have placed the first raids in AD793 when the abbey on Lindisfarne was raided, but Viking activity probably started earlier in the northern islands of Scotland.
Notes:
The term 'Viking' is popularly used....this term refers to people from Scandinavia who raided and settled in parts of Northwest Europe. Norse, on the other hand refers to the people of Scandinavia.......so whilst all Vikings were Norse, not all Norsemen were Vikings!!
To complicate things further lets not forget The Picts..... people who lived in eastern and northern Scotland around AD300-800!
