Anglo Saxon Research Paper

More than a thousand years ago a group of Germanic-Speakers from Denmark and the North-German coast inhabited the area of what is nowadays England. They were called the Anglo-Saxons, a people that remained there in Britain for over 600 years, bringing about several changes to the British Islands as far as politics and religion is concerned.
Most of the knowledge that we have concerning the early history of England comes from the writings of the venerable Bede, all compiled within work named Historia Ecclesiastica Gentis Anglorum (Ecclesiastical History of the English People), which has become an important source for the study of Anglo-Saxons history. Although most of the information we have about them come from the Anglo-Saxons
The Anglo-Saxons did help them but then they conquered the country in exchange. As they were settling in the Islands, they started to shape a new country just the way they wanted it to be, imposing their own culture and beliefs to the natives, as well as destroying most of the Roman legacy.
The Anglo-Saxons were not a single group of people but a mixture of peoples, made up mainly by three nations, the Saxons, the Angles, and the jutes, all of which came at different moments and landed in different parts of the country. The first settlements of these peoples consisted of small tribal groups and forming then kingdoms and sub-kingdoms as their nation increased its power resulting in a Britain, divided into four kingdoms by the ninth century. North Umbria, Mercia, East Anglia and Wessex were the names of those kingdoms.
The Anglo-Saxons brought with them a complete new culture which was to be the beginning of a new nation. This implied several changes affecting all aspects of human activities. Such changes had to do majorly with architecture- Anglo-Saxons replaced stone they converted to Christianity after the arrival San Augustine in
Migrations from other regions of Europe, likewise the contact with the natives, had an effect on the Old English language developing four major dialects: Northumbrian, Spoken North of the river Humber; Mercian, spoken in the midlands, Kentish, Spoken in Kent ( in the far southeastern part of the island); and West Saxon, Spoken in the southwest.
Old English dialects have direct descendants in today’s world languages. Some example of this can be found in modern England as well as in some of the American regional dialects which have they roots in the dialects of Old English. Also, the Modern English spelling system is greatly based on the Old English one, specifically in the Mercian dialect since it was the dialect spoken in London at that time.
To sum up, Anglo-Saxons conquered the ancient Britain, took the place of the natives, and imposed all of their culture to them giving birth to a new nation which was to be England. They spoke a Germanic language known as Old English, which was very different from its modern descendant and whom was highly influenced by Latin and Celtic in a lesser degree, however having its repercussions on Modern