 Nguva yeAnglo-Saxon ine nguva nhatu dzakasiyana: nguva yekutanga yeAnglo-Saxon, inotangira pakati pezana ramakore rechishanu kusvika pakutanga kwezana ramakore rechinomwe; nguva yepakati yeAnglo-Saxon, inotangira muzana ramakore rechinomwe kusvika muzana ramakore rechipfumbamwe; uye nguva yekupedzisira yeAnglo-Saxon, inosanganisira zana ramakore rechigumi nerechigumi nerimwe. Nguva yeMiddle Ages yokutanga yezvidhinha muBritain inotanga muna 1066, kubva pakukunda kweNorman, uye inoguma pakupera kwezana ramakore rechi12. 