Why Anglo-Saxons and England are similar
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- Many moved on to England and came to be known as Anglo-Saxons, but those who stayed would be referred to as Frisians and their language as Frisian, named after the land that was once inhabited by Frisii.Netherlands-Wikipedia
- The Anglo-Saxons of England for example gradually stopped referring to themselves as þeodisc and instead started to use Englisc, after their tribe.Dutch people-Wikipedia
- The seaport of Truso was first mentioned ca. 890 by Wulfstan of Hedeby, an Anglo-Saxon sailor, travelling on the south coast of the Baltic Sea at the behest of King Alfred the Great of England.Elbląg-Wikipedia
- In the decades after the Norman conquest of Anglo-Saxon England in 1066, the Normans looked westwards to create new seats for lords loyal to William the Conqueror.Bridgend-Wikipedia
- Wales became a refuge for other Britons following the pagan Anglo-Saxon invasion of what became England.Church in Wales-Wikipedia
- As both the Anglo-Saxons of England and the early Frisians were formed from similar tribal confederacies, their respective languages were very similar, together forming the Anglo-Frisian family.Frisians-Wikipedia
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