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A modern recreation of a 7th-century Anglo-Saxon warrior. The period of Anglo-Saxon warfare spans the 5th century AD to the 11th in Anglo-Saxon England.Its technology and tactics resemble those of other European cultural areas of the Early Medieval Period, although the Anglo-Saxons, unlike the Continental Germanic tribes such as the Franks and the Goths, do not appear to have regularly fought ...
Scholarly knowledge of warfare itself relies mostly on literary evidence, which was produced in the Christian context of the late Anglo-Saxon period, [6] from the eighth to the eleventh century. [4] These literary sources are almost entirely authored by Christian clergy, and thus they do not specifically describe weapons or their use in warfare.
Bede's work was widely read among the literate in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, and his dates were used by the monks who compiled the various Anglo-Saxon Chronicles from the late ninth century onwards. [7] Some sources say that the Saxon warriors were invited to come, to the area now known as England, to help keep out invaders from Scotland and ...
The Germanic rulers in early medieval Britain relied upon the infantry supplied by a regional levy, or fyrd [1] and it was upon this system that the military power of the several kingdoms of early Anglo-Saxon England depended. [1] In Anglo-Saxon documents military service might be expressed as fyrd-faru, fyrd-færeld, fyrd-socn, or simply fyrd ...
This is an incomplete list of the wars and battles between the Anglo-Saxons who later formed into the Kingdom of England and the Britons (the pre-existing Brythonic population of Britain south of the Antonine Wall who came to be known later by the English as the Welsh), as well as the conflicts between the English and Welsh in subsequent centuries.
An Anglo-Saxon elite could be formed in two ways: from an incoming chieftain and his war band from northern Germania taking over an area of Britain, or through a native British chieftain and his war band adopting Anglo-Saxon culture and language. [93]
This category includes historical battles in which Anglo-Saxons (5th century–11th century) participated. Please see the category guidelines for more information.
The name Great Heathen Army is derived from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. The force was led by three of the five sons of the semi-legendary Ragnar Lodbrok, including Halfdan Ragnarsson, Ivar the Boneless and Ubba. [c] The campaign of invasion and conquest against the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms lasted 14 years. Surviving sources give no firm indication ...