Anglo-Saxon England

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Anglo-Saxon England was the early medieval period of English history, from the 5th century until the Norman Conquest in 1066, characterized by Germanic kingdoms, the spread of Christianity, and the development of Old English culture and law.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early medieval period
historical period
capital Winchester
continent Europe
country England
culturalSphere Insular art
linked to: Celtic art

Old English literature
currency silver penny
endCause Norman Conquest of England
endTime 1066
ethnicGroup Angles
Britons
linked to: Welsh people

Jutes
Saxons
followed Roman Britain
followedBy Norman England
governmentForm monarchy
hasPart Danelaw
Earldom of Wessex
Kingdom of East Anglia
Kingdom of Essex
Kingdom of Kent
Kingdom of Mercia
linked to: Mercia

Kingdom of Northumbria
Kingdom of Sussex
Kingdom of Wessex
language Old English
legalSystem Anglo-Saxon law
literaryWork Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Beowulf
locatedIn British Isles
notableRuler Alfred the Great
Cnut the Great
Edgar the Peaceful
Edward the Confessor
Æthelstan
linked to: Athelstan
officialReligion Latin Christianity
religion Anglo-Saxon paganism
Christianity
significantEvent Battle of Edington
Battle of Hastings
Christianization of Anglo-Saxon England
Danish conquest of England
Synod of Whitby
Treaty of Wedmore
Viking invasions of England
creation of the Danelaw
startTime 5th century
writingSystem Latin alphabet
runic alphabet

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Saint Botolph era Anglo-Saxon England
Alfred historicalUsage Anglo-Saxon England
Earl historicallyAssociatedWith Anglo-Saxon England
Edward the Exile culture Anglo-Saxon England
Edgar Ætheling ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Edward the Confessor era Late Anglo-Saxon period
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Northumbrian spokenIn Anglo-Saxon England
Edmund culturalContext Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Cynewulf region Anglo-Saxon England
House of Wessex partOf Heptarchy of Anglo-Saxon England
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Old Windsor historicalPeriod Anglo-Saxon era
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Watling Street usedDuring Anglo-Saxon period
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Venerable Bede region Anglo-Saxon England
Tamworth hasHistoricalEra Anglo-Saxon period
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Danish conquest of England relatedTo Anglo-Saxon England
Christianization of Scandinavia influencedBy Anglo-Saxon England
Princess of England precededBy Anglo-Saxon England
Botulf placeOfBirth Anglo-Saxon England
Botulf placeOfDeath Anglo-Saxon England
Botulf culture Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Middle Saxons partOf Anglo-Saxon England
Kingdom of the East Angles partOf Anglo-Saxon England
Botwulf ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Botwulf placeOfBirth Anglo-Saxon England
Parker Library manuscript collection subject Anglo-Saxon England
King of the English culturalContext Anglo-Saxon England
Edith of Wessex era Late Anglo-Saxon England
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Much Wenlock hasHistoricalOrigin Anglo-Saxon period
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Edmund Ironside era Late Anglo-Saxon England
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Good Queen Maud ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Anglo-Norman court culture Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Justus of Canterbury countryOfActivity Anglo-Saxon England
Eynsham hasHistoricalPeriod Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Grendel culture Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Nowell Codex origin Anglo-Saxon England
Cotton Vitellius A XV associatedWith Anglo-Saxon England
Catholic Homilies period Anglo-Saxon England
Lives of Saints culturalContext Anglo-Saxon England
Ælfric’s Grammar culture Anglo-Saxon England
Preface to Genesis literaryPeriod Anglo-Saxon period
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Preface to Genesis historicalEra pre-Conquest England
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Letter to Wulfgeat historicalPeriod Anglo-Saxon England
Letter to Brother Edward culturalContext Anglo-Saxon England
Pastoral Letters culturalContext Anglo-Saxon England
Old English homilies timePeriod Anglo-Saxon period
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Old English homilies culturalContext Anglo-Saxon England
Edmund the Martyr patronage England (medieval)
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
Grendel's mother culture Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
William of Malmesbury wroteAbout Anglo-Saxon England