Anglo-Saxons

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The Anglo-Saxons were a group of Germanic peoples who settled in and came to dominate much of England from the early Middle Ages, shaping its language, culture, and early political structures.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Germanic peoples
historical ethnic group
archaeologicalSite Sutton Hoo
artStyle Anglo-Saxon metalwork
Insular art
conflictedWith Danes
Vikings
conqueredBy Normans
conquestDate 1066
conquestEvent Norman Conquest of England
conversionPeriod 7th century
culturalProduct Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Beowulf
ethnicOrigin Germanic
eventuallyUnifiedUnder Kingdom of England
formedKingdom East Anglia
Essex
Kent
Mercia
Northumbria
Sussex
Wessex
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
influenced English culture
English language
English law
English political institutions
introducedInstitution hundred courts
shire system
wergild system
languageSpoken Old English
laterReligion Christianity
legacy core vocabulary of Modern English
foundation of medieval English state
legalCode Dooms (law codes)
migratedFrom continental Europe
northern Germany
linked to: Northern Germany

southern Denmark
notableRuler Alfred the Great
Offa of Mercia
Æthelstan
linked to: Athelstan
politicalStructure Heptarchy
primaryRegionsOfOrigin Angles
Jutes
Saxons
religion Germanic paganism
settledIn Britain
linked to: Great Britain

England
timePeriod 5th century to 11th century
early Middle Ages
writingSystem Latin alphabet
runic alphabet

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Battle of Ashdown hasCasualties Anglo-Saxons
Saint Cuthbert ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
Edward the Elder ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Æthelweard ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
Edward the Martyr ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Bosel ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
King of Wessex usedByEthnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
West Germanic peoples hasSubgroup Anglo-Saxons
Jutes participatedIn Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Britons of Strathclyde neighbour Anglo-Saxons of Northumbria
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
New England Brahmin associatedWithEthnicity Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Lamb hasOrigin Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Offa of Mercia ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
Heptarchy culture Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Angles partOf Anglo-Saxons
Iclingas ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
House of Offa ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
Penda of Mercia ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
Coenwulf of Mercia ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
Dalton hasOrigin Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Great Migration relatedTo Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Burgred of Mercia ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
Eadfrith of Lindisfarne ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
Saint Neot ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
Saint Alfege ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
Cerdic of Wessex ethnicOrigin Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Cynric of Wessex ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
Saint Cedd ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
Ceawlin of Wessex ethnicity Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Godwin, Earl of Wessex ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Edith Swannesha ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
Leofwine Godwinson ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Scottish people ethnicOrigin Anglo-Saxons
Annales Cambriae mentions Anglo-Saxons
Ecgbert of York culture Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Saint Walpurga ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
Flaccus Albinus ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
Æthelberht of Kent ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
Danelaw ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
Botolph associatedWith Anglo-Saxons
Dommoc culturalContext Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Rædwald of East Anglia ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
Norman England hasCulturalInfluence Anglo-Saxon culture
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Saint Kenelm ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons