Appendix: Sovereigns of England

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Chapter 1


- The Times: before 600 -

Clans, headed by Kings, lived in huts on top of hills or other
high places and fortified by circular or rectangular earth banks
behind which they could gather with their herds for protection.
They lived in circular huts with wood posts in a circle
supporting a roof. The walls were of wood and/or mud and straw.
Sometimes there were stalls for cattle. Cooking was in a clay
oven inside or over an open fire on the outside. Forests abounded
with wolves, bears, wild boars, and wild cattle.

People wore animal skins over their bodies for warmth and around
their feet for protection when walking. They carried small items
by hooking them onto their belts.

Pathways extended through this camp of huts and for many miles
beyond. They were used for trade and transport with pack-horses.

Men bought or captured women for wives and carried them over the
thresholds of their huts. The first month of marriage was called