The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to Germanic settlers who became one of the most important cultural groups in Britain by the 5th century.

May 25, 2025 · Anglo-Saxon, 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.

Jun 15, 2023 · The term 'Anglo-Saxon' refers to those Saxons who migrated from Germania to Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries CE and only came into use after 1066 to differentiate continental Saxons from those in Britain.

The Anglo-Saxons were a mix of tribes from Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. The three biggest were the Angles , the Saxons and the Jutes . The land they settled in became known as...

The Anglo-Saxon period in Britain spans approximately the six centuries from 410-1066AD. The period used to be known as the Dark Ages, mainly because written sources for the early years of Saxon invasion are scarce.

Mar 24, 2022 · Spanning from 410 until 1066 CE, Britain’s Anglo-Saxon period was a time of war, continuous battles, and religious conversion. It witnessed the breaking up of Roman Britannia into several kingdoms before the Anglo-Saxons were finally joined under the kingdom of England.

During the 6th and 7th centuries, the Anglo-Saxons established a number of independent kingdoms in England, including Wessex, Mercia, and Northumbria. These kingdoms were often in conflict with one another, but also cooperated in times of external threat, such as Viking invasions.

The term ‘Anglo-Saxon’ isn’t thought to have been widely used during the medieval period, but in more recent centuries it came to be commonly used to describe the period when all the kingdoms of what is now England – Angles and Saxons and everyone else – gradually came together.

The Anglo-Saxons were a group of tribes from what is presently modern-day Germany, Denmark, and the Netherlands. They started relocating to Britain within the early 5th century, following the decrease of Roman rule.

May 10, 2024 · Anglo-Saxon England refers to the period in British history from the 5th to the 11th century, beginning with the Roman withdrawal from Britain and ending with the Norman Conquest in 1066. This era was marked by the migration of Germanic tribes—mainly the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes—to Britain.