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The Anglo-Saxons were farmers' warriors who more than a thousand years ago resided in Britain.
They were made of three tribes, the Angle, Saxon, and Jute tribes, from Europe. The two largest were Angle and Saxon, and we know them as Anglo-Saxons today. They were hard people who fought many British-controlled wars - often fighting their others! Each tribe was commanded by a strong guerilla who settled their people across the country.

The Anglo-Saxons were originally trying to capture the land in the 4th century, but the Roman army sent them home quickly! Years later – about AD 450 – when Romans departed Britain, the Anglo-Saxons took the opportunity, and this time they prevailed!

In Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark they left home and travelled to Britain in wooden boats. Before they arrived in Britain, many of them were farmers and believed to be searching for fresh territory since floods made cultivation almost difficult.

Anglo Saxons Houses

The Anglo-Saxons did not like the Roman stone buildings and streets, so they constructed their own cities. They were looking for areas that had adequate natural resources, such as food, water and wood to construct and heat their houses. Each hamlet has a high fence, protects livestock from wild creatures, such as foxes and wolves, and keeps their opponents. Their houses were little wooden huts with a roof, and the entire family lived in one room, ate, slept and lived like an old outdoor manner. The village's largest home was the head, which was big enough for him and all his guerrillas — and occasionally the boobs! It was a large hall with a steep fire in the centre with trophies and armour on its walls. There were tiny windows and a smoke-free hole in the roof.

Anglo Saxon Literature
Epic poetry, biography, preaching, biblical translations, legal writings, chronicles, and riddles are ancient English literary works. Altogether there are about 400 manuscripts from the era. The Beowulf poem is a famous work of this era. In Great Britain, it has attained national epic status. The English-Saxon Chronicle is a major compilation of England's early history. The Cædmon Hymn of the 7th century is the oldest known literary work in (old) English. Bede's ecclesiastical history of the English nation is one of the most significant and essential sources of Anglo-Saxon history.


Anglo Saxons Kings in Sequence 

• Egbert (802-839)
• Ethelwulf (839-856)
• Ethelbald (856-860)
• Ethelbert (860-866)
• Ethelred (866-871)
• Alfred the Great (871-899) 
• Edward I, the Elder (899-924)
• Athelstan (924-939)
• Edmund I (939-946)
• Edred (946-955)
• Edwy (955-959)
• Edgar (959-975)
• Edward II, the Martyr(975-979)
• Ethelred II, the Unready (979-1013, 1014-1016)
• Sweyn (1013-1014)
• Edmund II, Ironside (King in 1016)
• Canute the Great (King from 1016-1035) – He was the first Viking king of England. 
• Harold Harefoot (1035-1040)
• Hardicanute (1035-1042)
• Edward III, The Confessor (1042-1066) – Edward the Confessor had Westminster Abbey built.
• Harold II (1066) – He was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. Harold killd during the Battle of Hastings.
• Edgar Atheling (1066)

Top Ten Facts of Anglo Saxons Age

• The Anglo-Saxons comprised of three tribes, the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes, They came to England from across the North Sea about the middle of the 5th century.
• For a long period, England hadn't been a nation—Anglo-Saxon kings ruled many of the land's tiny kingdoms.
• Egbert was the first Anglo-Saxon king to rule England. In 1066, Harold II was the ultimate Anglo-Saxon monarch.
• The two most famous English-Saxon kings are Alfred the Great and Canute the Great.
• The Anglo-Saxon period lasts around 600 years and Anglo-Saxon kings have ruled England for nearly 300 years.
• We know how the Anglo Saxons lived because archaeologists found old cities and excavated objects like as belt humps, swords, bowls and even children's toys.
• Initially, Anglo-Saxons worshipped a great number of different gods, but in the seventh century, many became Christians when the missionary St Augustine came from Rome.
• Anglo-Saxons lived in small villages near rivers, forests and other important resources, which supplied them with all they needed to care about animals, farm crops and create products for sale.