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The history of the Germanic kingdoms of England, from the Saxon Advent to the Norman Conquest. |
Anglo-Saxon History
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 The Saxon Advent
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The Adventus Saxonum
Circa AD 449: the "groans of the Britons", the trickle that had, for two centuries, brought Saxon pirates (and later settlers) to Britain became a flood. Within a century and more, the Romano-Celtic island of Britannia would be, along its eastern edge, the land of a Germanic non-Christian people whose drove out with violence the former citizens of the Roman Empire. Although later a civilization would flourish, the Saxon Advent (which led to the myths about King Arthur) was a time of brutality and fear.
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OK Maria, you encouraged me . . . (* Heraklia Aelius, Oct 22, 2009 - 11:22 ) RE - Christianity in Saxon England (* Hogun Wuffing, Jan 18, 2006 - 08:34 ) Christianity in Saxon England (* Atalanta Romulus, Jan 13, 2006 - 08:23 ) Religious division (* Hogun Wuffing, Jan 12, 2006 - 12:20 ) RE : Good theory about Romans and Saxons, Hogun (* Hogun Wuffing, Jan 6, 2006 - 08:38 ) Good theory about Romans and Saxons, Hogun (* Aelfwine Scylding, Jan 6, 2006 - 06:57 ) Magna Carta (* Hogun Wuffing, Jan 3, 2006 - 12:44 ) Bridgehead (* Hogun Wuffing, Jan 3, 2006 - 12:21 ) Germanics in Roman Britain (* Eirikr Knudsson, Dec 29, 2005 - 00:27 ) Germanic tribes in Britania prior to roman Collapse (* Hogun Wuffing, Dec 20, 2005 - 12:28 ) Seeds of Saxon Ascent (* Widukind Yngling, Jun 9, 2005 - 06:47 ) The Saxon Advent (* Heraklia Aelius, May 5, 2004 - 11:46 ) RE: Ages and Labels... (* MerlintheMad Knudsson, Dec 18, 2003 - 17:15 ) Suggestions (* Magnus Sigurdsson, Dec 17, 2003 - 16:55 ) Ages and Labels (* Thiudareiks Gunthigg, Dec 17, 2003 - 05:19 ) John Morris on the Dark Ages (* Harald Egilsson, Dec 17, 2003 - 04:00 ) Sources vs. primitivism (* Harald Olafsson, Dec 16, 2003 - 11:46 ) The importance of the Saxon Advent (* Harald Egilsson, Dec 14, 2003 - 05:53 ) The Ages of Insufficient Light (* Thiudareiks Gunthigg, Dec 13, 2003 - 15:06 ) My opinion (* Gyrth Godwinson, Dec 11, 2003 - 12:00 )| 20 more |
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