The Saxon Conquest

The invasion of England by Germanic peoples, amongst them Jutes, Angles, Frisians? and Saxons is collectively known as the Saxon conquest, although this is something of a misnomer. The Romans had largely abandoned Britain by the end of the 4th century AD, and the settlement of the east coast of England, which was to lead to a gradual encroachment by these Saxon settlers, was a consequence of displacement of peoples on mainland Europe.

Topics

St. Augustine

Hengest?

[Hereward the Wake]?

King Alfred

Danelaw?

States in Medieval Britain

Offa

Ethelred the Unready

Danegeld?

The Venerable Bede

[King Canute]?

King Arthur

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