Chapter 3 · History
The Anglo-Saxons
Source: Handbook p.18
After the Romans left Britain around AD 410, the Anglo-Saxons arrived from what is now Denmark and northern Germany. The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes established several kingdoms across England. The word 'England' comes from 'Angle-land'. The Anglo-Saxons were initially pagans but gradually converted to Christianity. St Augustine was sent by the Pope to Canterbury in AD 597 to convert the Anglo-Saxons.
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