Acculturation of Anglo-Saxon Beliefs & Practices
Table of Contents The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes Beliefs In every culture or religion, some enormous practices and beliefs have and continue to influence our human society and civilizations. In this brief essay, I will describe how the entire world has directly or indirectly assimilated the culture and religion of the Anglo-Saxons and how they have influenced our social and political lives. You may declare yourself a Christian, Buddhist, Jew, Hindu, or Muslim, following the practices and beliefs of the Anglo-Saxon world. This is acculturation. Arguably, Britain was once occupied by pagans - the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. The Angles, Saxons, and Jutes The ‘Angles’ (old English) refers to one of the many Germanic peoples who settled in Britain (5 th - 6 th centuries) after the Romans had come and gone. These settlers found many kingdoms in Anglo-Saxon England. Their name eventually becomes the root of the name England (that is, ‘Land of Angle’). The ‘Saxons’ were identified as a grou