Anglo-Saxons

E566940
Germanic peoples historical ethnic group

The Anglo-Saxons were a group of Germanic peoples who settled in and came to dominate much of England from the early Middle Ages, shaping its language, culture, and early political structures.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Anglo-Saxons canonical 36
Anglo-Saxon 15
Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Germanic peoples ⓘ
historical ethnic group ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Sutton Hoo NERFINISHED ⓘ
artStyle Anglo-Saxon metalwork ⓘ
Insular art NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictedWith Danes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vikings NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredBy Normans NERFINISHED ⓘ
conquestDate 1066 ⓘ
conquestEvent Norman Conquest of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
conversionPeriod 7th century ⓘ
culturalProduct Anglo-Saxon Chronicle NERFINISHED ⓘ
Beowulf NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Germanic ⓘ
eventuallyUnifiedUnder Kingdom of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedKingdom East Anglia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Essex NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kent NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northumbria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sussex NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wessex NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced English culture ⓘ
English language ⓘ
English law ⓘ
English political institutions ⓘ
introducedInstitution hundred courts ⓘ
shire system ⓘ
wergild system ⓘ
languageSpoken Old English NERFINISHED ⓘ
laterReligion Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy core vocabulary of Modern English ⓘ
foundation of medieval English state ⓘ
legalCode Dooms (law codes) NERFINISHED ⓘ
migratedFrom continental Europe ⓘ
northern Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
southern Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRuler Alfred the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
Offa of Mercia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Æthelstan NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStructure Heptarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRegionsOfOrigin Angles NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jutes NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saxons NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Germanic paganism ⓘ
settledIn Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
England NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 5th century to 11th century ⓘ
early Middle Ages ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
runic alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (57)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Werburgh → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Eorpwald of East Anglia → ethnicity → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxon
Anglo-Saxon nobility → partOf → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxon society
Æthelhere of East Anglia → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Æthelwold of East Anglia → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Sheriff of Kent → inception → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxon period
Lady Godiva → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
this entity surface form: Anglo-Saxon