1000 AD was a turmultuous time, there was no one 'Anglo Saxon Monarchy' Wessex was the dominant kingdom but Northumberland was independent and undergoing political chaos, The Scots and the Norsemen were attacking. the town of Jorvik was established at this time.
The Anglo Saxon world was suffering from the Norse invasions, Aethelred the Unready [actually a pun - Aethelred means 'well counseled' but his nickname was 'unraed' - ill advised] kept buying the Norse invaders off but of course they kept coming back for more and the English economy was in turmoil (though English coinage kept its good reputation). Aetherlred in 1002 ordered a massacre of the Danes living in England. Oh there are many parallels!
I don't know how helpful it is to think it terms of millenium fear. It would imply that people, rather than being grounded in a particular time, have an overview of the whole of history. We do not have the luxury of comparison because we are not time travellers. Each problem of the age seem insurmountable - wore than anything that has gone before. Yet we always get by - our species survived the black death, the common cold did not wipe out all the North American natives, wars and tyrannies have come but they will also go. But as soon as one madness goes there will be another! But we still keep moving.
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The Anglo Saxon world was suffering from the Norse invasions, Aethelred the Unready [actually a pun - Aethelred means 'well counseled' but his nickname was 'unraed' - ill advised] kept buying the Norse invaders off but of course they kept coming back for more and the English economy was in turmoil (though English coinage kept its good reputation). Aetherlred in 1002 ordered a massacre of the Danes living in England. Oh there are many parallels!
I don't know how helpful it is to think it terms of millenium fear. It would imply that people, rather than being grounded in a particular time, have an overview of the whole of history. We do not have the luxury of comparison because we are not time travellers. Each problem of the age seem insurmountable - wore than anything that has gone before. Yet we always get by - our species survived the black death, the common cold did not wipe out all the North American natives, wars and tyrannies have come but they will also go. But as soon as one madness goes there will be another! But we still keep moving.