Anglo-Saxons period

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The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great
Britain from the 5th century. They comprised people
from Germanic tribes who migrated to the island
from continental Europe, their descendants, and indigenous
British groups who adopted some aspects of Anglo-Saxon
culture and language. The Anglo-Saxon period denotes the
period of British history between about 450 and 1066,
after their initial settlement and up until the Norman conquest.
The Anglo-Saxon period includes the creation of an English
nation, with many of the aspects that survive today, including
regional government of shires and hundreds.
.The term Anglo-Saxon is popularly used for the language
that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons in England
and eastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century
and the mid-12th century. In scholarly use, it is more
commonly called Old English.
The history of the Anglo-Saxons is the history of a
cultural identity. It developed from divergent groups in
association with the people's adoption of Christianity,
and was integral to the establishment of various
kingdoms.
The visible Anglo-Saxon culture can be seen in the
material culture of buildings, dress styles, illuminated
texts and grave goods. Behind the symbolic nature of
these cultural emblems, there are strong elements of
tribal and lordship ties.

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• Middle Anglo-Saxon history (660–899)
• By 660 the political map of Lowland Britain had developed
with smaller territories coalescing into kingdoms, from this
time larger kingdoms started dominating the smaller
kingdoms. The development of kingdoms, with a particular
king being recognised as an overlord, developed out of an
early loose structure that, Higham believes, is linked back to
the original feodus.
• The traditional name for this period is the Heptarchy, which
has not been used by scholars since the early 20th century as it
gives the impression of a single political structure and does
not afford the "opportunity to treat the history of any one
kingdom as a whole".Simon Keynes suggests that the 8th and
9th century was period of economic and social flourishing
which created stability both below the Thames and above
the Humber. Many areas flourished and their influence was
felt across the continent, however in between the Humber and
Thames, one political entity grew in influence and power and
to the East these developments in Britain attracted attention