After settling in Great Britain, the Anglo-Saxons organized themselves in different kingdoms which would be later known as the Heptarchy, let's learn about it!

Check out the first part at:    • Who were the Anglo-Saxons?  
And the second part at:    • The Anglo-Saxon Settlement of Britain  

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Sources:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/657/6... Anglo Saxon chronical by Bede
Asser's Life of King Alfred
Bede and the Gewissae: The Political Evolution of the Heptarchy and Its Nomenclature, Walker, H.E, Cambridge Historical Journal 12 (1956)
The Anglo Saxons, James Campbell, Oxford Phaidon (1982)
The Kingdom of Kent, Witney, K.P, London Phillmore (1982)

Pictures:
Anglo-Saxon burial site: https://www.prittlewellprincelyburial...
St. Martins Church, Ryarsh, Kent by Glen: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Canterbury Cathedral from the cloisters by Kai Hendry: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...

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