Anglo‐Scandinavian Identity
Julian D. Richards
Abstract This article explores the circumstances that led to Scandinavian invaders being assimilated into Anglo-Saxon England and ensured it was Anglo-Saxons, not Vikings, who came be regarded as ancestral English. The settlers arrived in did have a common identity. elite were quick form local alliances which cross-cut ethnic divides promote any sense of unity. There no single hybrid Anglo-Scandinavian identity, but range strategies, dependent upon context. It is clear Scandinavians Anglo-Saxons actively used material culture process cultural assimilation, with rapid integration. also shown there experience settlement or interaction, whilst helpful talk about an ‘Anglo-Scandinavian identity’ this derived from simple combination on one hand other.
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