What impact did the Anglo Saxons have?

The great epic poem Beowulf, the most significant surviving work of Anglo-Saxon literature, though written in Anglo-Saxon, and perhaps something of a touchstone of Anglo-Saxon identity, is set in the borderlands of what became Denmark and Sweden. read more

So the biggest impacts of the Anglo-Saxon-Jutish tribes are: ... These were from somewhere in or near Denmark — very closely related to the Danes, and they did not forget it. All the ... Whatever mix of peoples there might have been in Britain, some form of Norman Conquest and/or involvement in France was likely. read more

By that time Latin, Old Norse (the language of the Viking invaders), and especially the Anglo-Norman French of the dominant class after the Norman Conquest in 1066 had begun to have a substantial impact on the lexicon, and the well-developed inflectional system that typifies the grammar of Old English had begun to break down. read more

The Saxons The Saxon impact on Britain. Britain, being sited on the outside edge of the Empire, was the least Romanised province and the legions had left before the Angles and Saxons arrived in large numbers. However, some Saxon farmers had already settled in Britain during the time of the Empire. read more