What are some Anglo-Saxon features?

Anglo-Saxon/Germanic Nordid racial type. Most common in Eastern England today. However also found in Friesland in the Netherlands, North-Western Germany, Western Denmark and parts of Northern France and Ireland. Physical characteristics: Skin = pale. Hair = often blonde, sometimes red or brown in colour. read more

Anglo-Saxon/Germanic Nordid racial type. Most common in Eastern England today. However also found in Friesland in the Netherlands, North-Western Germany, Western Denmark and parts of Northern France and Ireland. read more

Video: Anglo-Saxon Poetry: Characteristics & Examples In this lesson, we will review the general history of Anglo-Saxon society and its era. Then we will look closer at the characteristics of the literature, specifically the poetry, of that era. read more

Anglo-Saxon poetry typically depicts the problems which arise as the theology of the Church (Christianity) and the theology of the Pagan world are played off of, and against, each other. 3. The use of caesura (a pause in the middle of a line of poetry- like taking a breath) is very common. read more