Nottingham & the East Midlands by Lonely Planet

Author:Lonely Planet
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications

Some areas remained unaffected by the incomers, but the overall impact was immense. Today, the core of the English language is Anglo-Saxon, many place names have Anglo-Saxon roots, and the very term ‘Anglo-Saxon’ has become a (much abused and factually incorrect) byword for ‘pure English’.

THE VIKINGS & ALFRED THE GREAT

In the 9th century England was yet again invaded by a bunch of pesky Continentals. This time it was the Vikings – a Nordic people from today’s Scandinavia – and they quickly conquered the eastern and northeastern areas of England.

It’s another classic historical image: blond men, big swords, horned helmets and rampant pillaging. School history books still give the impression that Vikings turned up, killed everyone, took everything, and left. There’s some truth in that, but many Vikings settled and their legacy remains throughout much of northern England – in the form of local dialect (geographical terms such as ‘fell’ and ‘dale’ come from Norse fjell and dalr ) and even in the traces of Nordic DNA in some of today’s inhabitants.

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