Anglo-Saxon Britain
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- Created on: 25-05-16 00:21
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- Anglo-Saxon Britain
- What happened when the Romans left?
- War and Chaos
- People's possessions,crops and livelihoods were destroyed by conflict
- Poverty increased
- It became dangerous to travel so people stayed within their settlements
- Libraries holding books were destroyed
- Loss of Army
- No one to maintain law and order amongst locals
- No one to maintain public health buildings
- No one to stop invasions
- Britain was invaded by illiterate tribes from Europe (the Angles, Saxons and Jutes)
- People's possessions,crops and livelihoods were destroyed by conflict
- Loss of government
- No overall control
- No one to pay for public health schemes to be built
- New rulers did not care for public health
- They were trying to expand their kingdoms
- Wanted more money for battle, rather than health and education
- No overall control
- War and Chaos
- Impact on public health
- Trained physicians almost totally disappeared for various reasons
- New rulers were uninterested in training doctors
- People no longer travelled far, so ideas did not spread
- People were in poverty, they could not afford a trained physician
- Books and libraries were destroyed so there were no learning resources
- Towns were abandoned as people moved into villages
- When these villages expanded into towns they were very unhygienic so disease spread quickly
- Public health systems stopped working
- Trained physicians almost totally disappeared for various reasons
- Importance of Christianity
- The most important channel of communication
- Most priests were literate
- They could read the remaining medical textbooks
- Monasteries and convents often had an infirmarian, who cared for the sick
- People strongly believed in the Church, and strictly followed the churches authority
- People believed illness was a sign of sin, a punishment from God
- Treatment
- People were treated in the home
- Women were the main care givers of medical treatment
- Wise Women of the village may make herbal remedies
- People were treated in the home
- What happened when the Romans left?
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