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The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century. They included people from Germanic tribes who migrated to the southern half of the island from continental Europe, and their descendants; as well as indigenous Romano-British populations who adopted Anglo-Saxon culture and language. The earliest phase of English literature started with Anglo-Saxon literature of the Angles and Saxons (the ancestors of the English race) much before they occupied Britain. English was the common name and tongue of these tribes. Before they occupied Britain they lived along the coasts of Sweden and Denmark, and the land which they occupied was called Engle-land. These tribes were fearless, adventurous and brave, and during the later years of Roman occupation of Britain, they kept the British coast in terror. Like other nations they sang at their feasts about battles, gods and their ancestral heroes, and some of their chiefs were also bards. It was in these songs of religion, wars and agriculture, that English poetry began in the ancient Engle-land while Britain was still a Roman province
Between 800 and 600 BC, two groups of Celts moved into the British isles:
The Britons settled in Britain. The Gaels settled in Ireland.
Julius Caesar described the Celts as:
Light-skinned, fair-haired, and blue eyed
Shepherds, farmers, fierce fighters
Artistic, imaginative, loved beauty
Skilled with tin and iron
Celtic Religion
Animism:
From the Latin word for “spirit”
Saw spirit everywhere: in rivers, trees, stones, ponds, fire, and thunder
Spirits or gods controlled all aspects of existence and had to be constantly satisfied.
Druids acted as intermediaries between the gods and people
Roman Rule
Constructed a system of well-paved roads and founded cities
Erected Hadrian’s Wall to protect from Picts and Scots
Brought skills in the art of warfare
Introduced Roman law and order
Used Latin
Introduced Christianity (597 AD)
Failed to teach the Britons much about