settlers in England had been hired as mercenaries by the British Prince

Vortigern during fifth-century struggles for power among British Celts

that broke out when Roman colonial troops were withdrawn. After a falling-out with their employer, these Germanic warriors seized British territory in the south of England for themselves and brought their families over the English Channel to settle it. Archaeological evidence also reveals a gradual infiltration of Germanic peoples into England along the rivers of east central England, then a low-lying bayou country that would have been impossible to police.

Bede tells us that the Germanic settlers came from Anglian and Saxon regions of continental Europe, within the modern territories of Holland, Southern Denmark, and Western Germany. The settlers brought with them, in their heads, an extensive body of lore encoded in alliterative verse, including versified laws as well as historic

The power of the Anglo-Saxons was finally broken in 1066 AD by the Normans, who might almost be regarded as Vikings, since they came originally from Denmark, though after settling on the French coast they had adopted French customs and a dialect of the French language. The Norman invasion of King William I (a.k.a. the Conqueror) established a strong beachhead in Southern England. Sporadic resistance elsewhere was eventually crushed through advanced military technology involving moats and stone castles (Anglo-Saxon castles or halls were made of wood).

After this period, Anglo-Saxon elements of English culture survive primarily in the working class, while French and Latin elements predominate in aristocratic circles. The animals tended by working-class herders, for example, tended to have Germanic names (cow, lamb, pig), while the finished products served up on the aristocratic table had names derived from French (beef, mutton, pork). Important elements of Anglo-Saxon law were incorporated into Engli

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