ASPECTS OF BRITISH HISTORY
The Britons fought the raiders and settlers from
Germany as well as they could. In the west of the
country the Anglo-Saxon advance was temporarily
halted by an army of Britons under the command of
the legendary King Arthur2. However, the Britons
were slowly pushed westwards into the mountains of
Wales and northwards into Scotland. A great number
of Britons crossed the English Channel and settled in
the north-western peninsula of Gaul, which they gave
a new name Brittany3. (See the map in Unit 6). Some Celts stayed behind and were
either Saxonized or became slaves of the Anglo-Saxons.
Around the year 600, almost all of present-day England was under Anglo-Saxon
rule. Hardly anything is left of Celtic language and culture in England, except for the
names of some rivers (Thames, Severn, Avon). They have survived only in Scotland
and Wales, as well as in Ireland and Brittany.
Radical changes
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