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  2. Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain - Wikipedia

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    The settlement of Great Britain by diverse Germanic peoples led to the development of a new Anglo-Saxon cultural identity and shared Germanic language, Old English, which was most closely related to Old Frisian on the other side of the North Sea.

  3. Anglo-Saxons - Wikipedia

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    Heinrich Härke suggests this change was the result of the changing structure of society and especially in ethnicity and assimilation, implying the lowering of ethnic boundaries in the Anglo-Saxon settlement areas of England towards a common culture. [93] The word bead comes from the Anglo-Saxon words bidden (to pray) and bede (prayer). The ...

  4. History of Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    Anglo-Saxon England or Early Medieval England covers the period from the end of Roman Britain in the ... Southern Britain in AD 600 after the Anglo-Saxon settlement, ...

  5. Mucking (archaeological site) - Wikipedia

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    Whether late 4th or early 5th century, this was among the earliest Anglo-Saxon settlements in England. [11] The Anglo-Saxon settlement gradually moved north over the course of two hundred years after its establishment. [23] During or after the 8th century, the settlement was either abandoned, or drifted beyond the area that was excavated. [24]

  6. Government in Anglo-Saxon England - Wikipedia

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    Anglo-Saxon societies were based on Germanic law and custom. Germanic tribes such as the Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Franks, and Lombards became Romanized to varying degrees by the 5th century. Nevertheless, this was not true of the Anglo-Saxons, who originated from northern Germany and Denmark and had no direct contact with the Roman Empire.

  7. Kingdom of Sussex - Wikipedia

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    [111] [112] [36] The Anglo Saxon Chronicle suggests that Sussex was founded in the Selsey and Chichester area, however the archaeology does not support this. [36] What the archaeology does show is that the initial settlement, of the South Saxons, was in the downland areas, between the River Ouse and River Cuckmere to the east of Sussex.

  8. Sub-Roman Britain - Wikipedia

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    Sub-Roman Britain is the period of late antiquity in Great Britain between the end of Roman rule and the Anglo-Saxon settlement.The term was originally used to describe archaeological remains found in 5th- and 6th-century AD sites that hinted at the decay of locally made wares from a previous higher standard under the Roman Empire.

  9. Rendlesham: Royal Anglo-Saxon complex is 'unique in England'

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