Discovering Anglo-Saxon England covers the period from about 400 to 700, from the departure of Roman troops to the triumph of Christianity and the "Age of Bede." It was during this period that waves of migrants Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and other peoples from northern Germany and southern Scandinavia created England (the "land of the Angles") from the vestiges of late Roman Britain.This period is often considered a "dark age" because of the dearth of...
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