Middle Saxons

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Anglo-Saxon people early medieval people

The Middle Saxons were an early medieval Anglo-Saxon people who inhabited the region around what is now London, later known as Middlesex.

Aliases (1)
Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon people →
early medieval people →
archaeologicalCulture Anglo-Saxon archaeological culture →
associatedWith London →
London Basin →
River Thames valley →
capital London →
Lundenwic →
country Kingdom of the Middle Saxons →
culture Anglo-Saxon culture →
demography Germanic settlers and their descendants →
ethnicGroup Saxons →
ethnicGroupOf Middlesex →
ethnogenesis formed from Saxon settlers in the Thames region →
gaveNameTo Middlesex →
historicalDisappearance assimilated into broader English identity →
historicalLanguageFamily West Germanic languages →
historicalRegion Home Counties →
historicalStatus defunct people →
inhabitedRegion area around present-day London →
language Old English →
legalSystem Anglo-Saxon law →
locatedInTimePeriod 7th century →
8th century →
early Middle Ages →
nameEtymology "Middle Saxons" refers to Saxons of the middle region between other Saxon groups →
neighbouringPeople East Saxons →
Mercian people →
South Saxons →
West Saxons →
overlord Kingdom of Mercia →
partOf Anglo-Saxon England →
Heptarchy (broadly construed) →
Saxon peoples in Britain →
politicalStatus small Anglo-Saxon kingdom →
sub-kingdom under Mercia →
presentInCentury 7th century →
8th century →
9th century →
regionNowKnownAs Greater London area →
Middlesex →
regionType tribal territory →
religion Anglo-Saxon paganism →
Christianity →
successorTerritory County of Middlesex →
Kingdom of England →
Kingdom of Mercia →
Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Middlesex, England →
historicAssociation
historic county of Middlesex →
nameDerivedFrom
Middle Saxons (""Middle Saxons" refers to Saxons of the middle region between other Saxon groups") →
nameEtymology
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