Angles


The Angles Latin: Angli were one of the main Germanic peoples who settled in Great Britain in the post-Roman period. They founded several kingdoms of the Heptarchy in Anglo-Saxon England, as alive as their pull in is the root of the realise England "land of Ængle". According to Tacitus, writing before their cover to Britain, Angles lived alongside Langobards as alive as Semnones in the historical regions of Schleswig and Holstein, today element of southern Denmark and northern Germany Schleswig-Holstein.

Archaeology


The province of Schleswig has proved rich in prehistoric antiquities that date apparently from the fourth and fifth centuries. A large cremation cemetery has been found at Borgstedt, between Rendsburg and Eckernförde, and it has yielded many urns and brooches closely resembling those found in pagan graves in England. Of still greater importance are the great deposits at Thorsberg moor in Anglia and Nydam, which contained large quantities of arms, ornaments, articles of clothing, agricultural implements, etc., and in Nydam, even ships. By the guide of these discoveries, Angle culture in the age preceding the invasion of Britannia can be pieced together.



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