The Saxons & Vikings
At
first they spoke various dialects, but gradually the dialect of the Angles of Mercia became
predominant.
The Anglo-Saxon migration gave the larger part of Britain its new name, England, ,,The land
of the Angles". The British Celts were slowly pushed westwards. Finally most were driven
into the mountains in the far west, which the Saxons called ,,Wales". Some were driven into
Cornwall, where they later accepted the rule of Saxon lords and northward to Strathclyde.
Further north lived the Picts and Scots. Some Celts crossed the sea & settled in the north-west
of France called Brittany after the Celtic tribes of Britons. The Celts who stayed behind
became mostly slaves.
Hardly anything is left of the Celtic language or culture in England, except for some names of
some rivers (Thames, Avon, Severn) and two large cities London & Leeds.
The new conquerors were warlike and illiterate. Disliked towns, preferred to live in small
cillages
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