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THE ANGLO SAXONS Who In 410 after the Romans left England Anglo Saxons began invading and settling the land They were mainly made up of three different groups the Angles the Jutes and the Saxons from what is now Germany Denmark and the Netherlands Different Anglo Saxon groups took over different parts of England defeating some of the Celtic tribes living there and pushing others into Wales and Scotland It was a time of great change with fighting between Anglo Saxon kingdoms and the Celtic tribes as well as Viking raids from the late 700s However for the Anglo Saxon civilization it was also a period of culture art and learning This map shows the route of the Angle Jute and Saxon settlers North Sea Jutland Northumbria Angeln England Mercia Saxony East Anglo Saxon jewelry and weapons were often decorated with intricate details and inlaid with colorful stones Anglia Areas settled by the Anglo Saxons Wessex Kent Europe
What happened At first Anglo Saxon England was divided into kingdoms and ruled by different kings Over time some kingdoms became more powerful than others However all Anglo Saxon kingdoms faced a common enemy the Vikings from Scandinavia In 886 after years of attacks the Anglo Saxons allowed the Vikings to rule over an area of northern and western England called the Danelaw This was the beginning of a period of power sharing between the Anglo Saxons and the Vikings There were periods when the Vikings ruled over all of England but the Anglo Saxons took back control several times The Anglo Saxon age ended with the arrival of a new group of invaders the Normans from France The last Anglo Saxon king Harold Godwinson was defeated in battle by the Normans led by William the Conqueror In 1066 William became the new Norman king of England We can still see the legacy of the Anglo Saxons today in the English language and landscape Harold Godwinson the last Anglo Saxon king died at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. According to some reports he was shot in the head with an arrow
