Anglo-Saxons: Angles, Saxons, Jutes; Bede, Beowulf Tallinn French School Jaan Markus Jüriväli
Anglo-Saxons Anglos, Saxons and Jutes (Denmark and Northern Germany Started raiding in the 5th century The Heptarchy (Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria) Began building towns in the 7th century (-ham) Celts were driven upland
Language Welsh has survived the best Saxons gave England the language, Angles the name
People An agricultural people Self-sufficient villages Very little trading
Christianity Began in the 6th century St Augustine of Canterbury became the archbishop, restored a link to Christianity Anglo-Saxons were originally polytheistic Promoted the growth of big landed estates
Literature The Venerable Bede („father of English history“) „Ecclesiastical History of the English people“ „Beowulf“
Sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Anglo-Saxon_England „British history“
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