Anglo-Saxons Never Existed, Claims Cambridge University
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It’s interesting that we get “England” and “English” from the Angles, but yet we generally refer to the Saxons much more…
I did a bit of reading on this recently - it’s suggested this is because the Saxons were more into military leadership/conquest, whereas the Angles, who dominated a slightly different part of the “country”/island were more into developing the culture and stuff…
And also because apparently a larger proportion of Angles shuffled off to Britain, vis à vis the Saxons who left like half their people behind…
Interesting that the Jutes barely rate a mention, though, lol…
Ah, the Dark Ages…
I think it's because the Jutes settled and then didn't do a lot. It was all about looking at the historic Angles. They chose to be a new unified people as opposed to the others. The same was happening in the North, but it got lost to history when the Vikings stopped being a thing.