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The Anglo-Saxons
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AngloSaxons Wikipedia The AngloSaxons were a cultural group who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century They comprise people from Germanic tribes who migrated to the island from continental Europe their descendants and indigenous British groups who adopted many aspects of AngloSaxon culture and language the cultural foundations laid by the AngloSaxons are the foundation of the modern English legal system and of many aspects of English society the modern English language owes over half its words AngloSaxon Definition History Language Literature AngloSaxon term used historically to describe any member of the Germanic peoples who from the 5th century CE to the time of the Norman Conquest 1066 inhabited and ruled territories that are now in England and Wales The peoples grouped together as AngloSaxons were not politically unified until the 9th century BBC History Ancient History in depth The AngloSaxons The AngloSaxons It refers to settlers from the German regions of Angeln and Saxony who made their way over to Britain after the fall of the Roman Empire around AD 410 The Roman armies withdrew from Britain early in the fifth century because they were needed back home to defend the crumbling centre of the Empire 10 things you probably didn’t know about the AngloSaxons The AngloSaxons were immigrants The collapse of the Roman empire was one of the greatest catastrophes in history Britain or ‘Britannia’ had never been entirely subdued by the Romans In the far north – what they called Caledonia modern Scotland – there were tribes who defied the Romans especially the Picts AngloSaxons facts for kids National Geographic Kids The AngloSaxons were a group of farmerwarriors who lived in Britain thousands of years ago Made up of three tribes who came over from Europe they were called the Angle Saxon and Jute tribes AngloSaxon definition of AngloSaxon by The Free Dictionary An·gloSax·on 1 A member of one of the Germanic peoples the Angles the Saxons and the Jutes who settled in Britain in the fifth and sixth centuries 2 Any of the descendants of the AngloSaxons who were dominant in England until the Norman Conquest of 1066 3 See Old English 4 A person Who were the AngloSaxons The AngloSaxons were warriorfarmers and came from northwestern Europe They began to invade Britain while the Romans were still in control The AngloSaxons were tall fairhaired men armed with swords and spears and round shields They loved fighting and were very fierce Their skills included hunting The AngloSaxons James Campbell Eric John Patrick The AngloSaxons by James Campbell is pleasantly verbose with a surprising amount of textbased information It is essentially a collection of short essays by different experts on particular topics with the main text edited by Mr Campbell History of AngloSaxon England Wikipedia The four main kingdoms in AngloSaxon England were East Anglia Mercia Northumbria including subkingdoms Bernicia and Deira Wessex
