Anglo-Saxons

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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.

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Germanic peoples ⓘ
historical ethnic group ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Sutton Hoo ⓘ
artStyle Anglo-Saxon metalwork ⓘ
Insular art ⓘ
conflictedWith Danes ⓘ
Vikings ⓘ
conqueredBy Normans ⓘ
conquestDate 1066 ⓘ
conquestEvent Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
conversionPeriod 7th century ⓘ
culturalProduct Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ⓘ
Beowulf ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Germanic ⓘ
eventuallyUnifiedUnder Kingdom of England ⓘ
formedKingdom East Anglia ⓘ
Essex ⓘ
Kent ⓘ
Mercia ⓘ
Northumbria ⓘ
Sussex ⓘ
Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
influenced English culture ⓘ
English language ⓘ
English law ⓘ
English political institutions ⓘ
introducedInstitution hundred courts ⓘ
shire system ⓘ
wergild system ⓘ
languageSpoken Old English ⓘ
laterReligion Christianity ⓘ
legacy core vocabulary of Modern English ⓘ
foundation of medieval English state ⓘ
legalCode Dooms (law codes) ⓘ
migratedFrom continental Europe ⓘ
northern Germany ⓘ
linked to: Northern Germany

southern Denmark ⓘ
notableRuler Alfred the Great ⓘ
Offa of Mercia ⓘ
Æthelstan ⓘ
linked to: Athelstan
politicalStructure Heptarchy ⓘ
primaryRegionsOfOrigin Angles ⓘ
Jutes ⓘ
Saxons ⓘ
religion Germanic paganism ⓘ
settledIn Britain ⓘ
linked to: Great Britain

England ⓘ
timePeriod 5th century to 11th century ⓘ
early Middle Ages ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
runic alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (243)

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

Battle of Ashdown → hasCasualties → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Saint Cuthbert → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Edward the Elder → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Æthelweard → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Edward the Martyr → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Bosel → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
King of Wessex → usedByEthnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
West Germanic peoples → hasSubgroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Jutes → participatedIn → Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Britons of Strathclyde → neighbour → Anglo-Saxons of Northumbria ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
New England Brahmin → associatedWithEthnicity → Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Lamb → hasOrigin → Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Offa of Mercia → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Heptarchy → culture → Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Angles → partOf → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Iclingas → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
House of Offa → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Penda of Mercia → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Coenwulf of Mercia → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Dalton → hasOrigin → Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Great Migration → relatedTo → Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Burgred of Mercia → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Eadfrith of Lindisfarne → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Saint Neot → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Saint Alfege → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Cerdic of Wessex → ethnicOrigin → Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Cynric of Wessex → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Saint Cedd → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Ceawlin of Wessex → ethnicity → Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Godwin, Earl of Wessex → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Edith Swannesha → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Leofwine Godwinson → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Scottish people → ethnicOrigin → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Annales Cambriae → mentions → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Ecgbert of York → culture → Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Saint Walpurga → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Flaccus Albinus → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Æthelberht of Kent → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Danelaw → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Botolph → associatedWith → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Dommoc → culturalContext → Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Rædwald of East Anglia → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
Norman England → hasCulturalInfluence → Anglo-Saxon culture ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
Saint Kenelm → ethnicGroup → Anglo-Saxons ⓘ