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| THE ANGLO-SAXON INVASION |
| When Roman legions came back to Rome to defend it, I tain was left to defend and rule itself. The time had come new rulers and new rulers came. They were Angles, Saxons and Jutes. They came from the territory of present Denmark and Northern Germany. The Germanic invaders first arrived in small groups throughout the fifth century. Being terrific warriors, they controlled most of the island by the seventh century A.D, ousted the British population to the mountainous parts of the Isle of Great Britain. Later, they united and became the Anglo-Saxons.The Anglo-Saxons controlled the central part of Britain which was called as England, while the Romanized Celts fled West, taking with them their culture, language and Christianity. England was a network of small kingdoms. That time there were seven kingdoms established: Essex (East Saxons), Sussex (South Saxons), Wessex (West Saxons), East Anglia (East Angles), Kent, Mersia and Northumbria, and the largest three of them — Northumbria, Mercia and Wessex — dominated the country at different time.The southern part of Britain became known as Angieland or England. That time the Anglo-Saxons followed their old Germanic religious. Pope Gregory 1 decided to convert the Anglo-Saxon population to Christianity. In 597 A.D. there was sent a mission of 41 monks under the leadership of the monk Augustine. By 700 A.D., all England was Christian. The Pope became a head of the Church. They built many monasteries in England and those monasteries became centers of religion and culture.The Anglo-Saxon kings were elected by the members of the Council and they ruled with the advice of the councilors, the great men of the kingdom. In time, it became the custom to elect a member of the royal family, and the power of the king grew parallel to the size and the strength of his kingdom. In return for the support of his subjects, — who gave him free labour and military service, paid taxes and duties — the King Save them his protection and granted lands. |
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