Anglo-Saxons

This article details the invasion and subsequent settlement of England by Germanic peoples, amongst them Jutes, Angles, Frisians and Saxons. This is sometimes collectively known as the Saxon conquest, although this is something of a misnomer.

Four of the Anglo-Saxon gods[?] have given English the names of the days of the week

• Tiw:the god of war = Tuesday
• Woden: the clever one-eyed leader of the gods, and the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of the Norse god Odin = Wednesday
• Thunor, the Anglo-Saxon form of Thor: the thunder hammer = Thursday
• Frige[?]: the love-goddess = Friday

The Romans had largely abandoned Britain by the second decade of the 5th century AD. Either because of the need to replace this significant military power, or because of its absence, the Anglo-Saxons came to settle on the east coast of England. In either case, it was part of the widespread movement of peoples on the mainland of Europe.

Topics

• Aelle of Sussex
• King Alfred
• Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
• King Arthur
• St. Augustine
• Battle of Mons Badonicus
• The Venerable Bede
• Bretwalda
• King Canute[?]
• Danegeld
• Danelaw
• Battle of Deorham
• Ceawlin of Wessex
• Ethelred the Unready
• Hengest
• Hereward the Wake
• Offa
• States in Medieval Britain
• Weregild
• Anglo-Saxon law[?]

..to be continued