Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• monk : a man who devotes himself to god, abandoning worldly concerns, living in a monastery, and observing certain rules.
• monastery : a place where monks live focusing on prayer, contemplation, and religious devotion.
• st columba : this irish missionary monk founded the monastery at iona in scotland.
• pope gregory : this outstanding pope sent augustine to evangelize the anglo-saxons in 597.
• bertha : this frankish princess provided an opportunity for a mission to the anglo-saxons when she married king ethelbert of kent.
• bret walda : this term refers to a very strong anglo-saxon king who was overlord to other anglo-saxon kings.
• ealdormen : these military leaders, the heads of small tribes were under-kings to stronger anglo-saxon warlords.
• wer-gild : the price a killer had to pay to the family of his victim to prevent a blood-feud in anglo-saxon culture.
• augustine : this leader of the anglo-saxon monks sent by gregory to king ethelbert successfully converted the people of kent to christianity..
• ethelbert : this king of kent and bretwalda of anglo-saxon england was the first anglo-saxon king to convert to christianity.