the anglo saxons originally came from england.
where did the anglo saxons originally come from?
england
the anglo-saxons were a cultural group who inhabited great britain from the 5th century. they comprise people from germanic tribes who migrated to the island from continental europe, their descendants, and indigenous british groups who adopted many aspects of anglo-saxon culture and language; the cultural foundations laid by the anglo-saxons are the foundation of the modern english legal system and of many aspects of english society; the modern english language owes over half its words – including the most common words of everyday speech – to the language of the anglo-saxons. historically, the anglo-saxon period denotes the period in britain between about 450 and 1066, after their initial settlement and up until the norman conquest.
anglo-saxons
bede having identified the four peoples of britain in hundreds of different tribes. britons to the west, picts to the north, scots from ulster now in western scotland and in the south english from the anglo saxons. the anglo saxons were making laws based on monetary compensation for injury. with no cities monasteries became the hub of arts and crafts as british and anglo saxon culture with roman ideas became the centre of western european civilization. vikings began terrorising britain in the ninth century settling in ireland and northern briton when population growth and politics in their own lands forced them to move. with the creation of the danelaw and a capital at york britain was divided. southern britain became a stronghold of the english as the anglo saxon tribes came together and the old roman cities were restored from london to exeter to become centres of defence and administration. in wales and scotland tribes also joined together to combat the vikings. the vikings within a generation had become christian. laws of the land became based on christian values with books such as the textus roffensis.
the great british story: a people's history (tv series)