Anglo Saxon kings power

• King in Saxon England

  • Held lots of power
  • Minted coins
  • Owned the Syrd
• Syrd


  A military force
• Kings in Saxon England

  • Judged on their military role
  • Judged on their justice and religious belief
• Half of England was known as the Danelaw
• The North of the country was ruled by Vikings for many years
• The North of England


  • Preferred their own laws and customs to Anglo-Saxon ones