anglo-saxons

Following the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons several Cymry petty kingdoms would endure on the periphery of the British isles. With pockets of Welsh resistance gradually being absorbed by the Angles and Saxons, as well as the Picts and later Scots. Eventually England came to dominate the remaining...

What if Alfred the Great's older brother, Æthelred I, had survived, rather than dying in 871? How might it have affected the conflict with the Great Heathen Army?

1066. The french duke of Normandy has just become William the Conqueror and the kings of england would continue to be ethnically and culturally french till at least the 100 years war. But could a native anglo-saxon come to power after him? What would some impacts be of this brief invasion?

IOTL, the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Kent had close ties with continental Europe due to its strategic location at the Strait of Dover. Indeed, it was one of the first areas of Anglo-Saxon England to be christianized, receiving Frankish missionaries as early as the 5th century. So, my question is...

What if Æthelred the Unready had never become King of the English? How might history have been different?

At one point in the 1030s, Robert I, Duke of Normandy, attempted to invade England on behalf of his cousins Edward and Alfred, who had gone into exile after Cnut the Great took over. Supposedly, he was prevented from doing so by unfavorable winds. What if Robert had been able to invade England?

This is poorly titled but I don't know how else to put it: in germany and russia, we saw the titles Kaiser and Tsar for their Emperors. But what if, through some ASB, or some really powerful leadership before Otto I, britain and ireland united under an Anglo-Saxon king and he declared an...

I'm guessing that most of you who clicked on this assumed that the title refers to Ioustinianos I Megas, but I'm afraid it doesn't. The title refers to this Ioustinianos, the youngest son of Maurikios who almost/may have escaped the lynch mob as his body was never found and he may have escaped...

What if the Germanic Migrations into the British Isles continued? IOTL, the Angles and Jutes more or less disappeared on the Continent. What if the Migrations has continued until the Frisians and Saxons has largely relocated to the British Isles as well? Would they focus on other areas to set up...

Legacy of the Dragons Cadbury Castle, one of the more popular sites claimed to have been Arthur's court Hello all, and welcome to a timeline ten years in the making. For years now, I've wanted to put together an alternate history where, instead of the Anglo-Saxons, the Welsh (or, to be more...

I was curious if any of the linguists on this forum have any ideas on what an Anglo-Saxon Romance language would be like. Now, before any one posts these: - I don't mean the English adopt Normand as their primary language - I don't mean Brithenig, which is a Welsh Romance language -I certainly...

Here's a scenario: Stamford Bridge results in a victory for the Norwegians, and Harold Godwinson falls in battle. Harald Hardrada emerges victorious from the battle, and subsequently occupies York before marching south. Meanwhile, in London, the Witan has assembled to choose a new monarch...

There was once a time before 664 where Ionan Christian beliefs dominated Northumbrian Christianity, nearly upended the Gregorian mission, and rivaled papal power in the British Isles. After a few contentious years of argumentative debate over such things as the interpretation of the date of...

In 1120, the White Ship left port at Barfleur, Normandy and set off across the Channel. A few hours out of port it strikes a rock and swiftly sinks, killing almost everyone on board- including the heir and spares of Henry I of England, leading directly to the Anarchy. In 1066, only 54 years...

What if Anglo-Saxon England had never unified? At least, not before 1100? In this scenario, England remains a patchwork of different independent Anglo-Saxon kingdoms during this period. I believe that this discussion is much more interesting than merely if the Anglo-Saxons had won the Battle...

THE DARK AGES THE LAND WAS DIVIDED AND WITHOUT A KING (CUE THE WAGNER) (click here to Camelot-size) = BOOK I: THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN PREFACE 1, 2, 3 4, 5, 6 7, 8, 9 BOOK II: THE GROANS OF THE BRITONS 1, 2, 3 4, 5, 6 7, 8, 9 BOOK III: THE TWELVE BATTLES OF ARTHUR 1, 2, 3 4, 5, 6 7...

In OTL, Kent was reportedly the wealthiest of all the pre-English Kingdoms of Britain up until the loss of Lundenwic and the Kingdom's conquest by Mercia and later Wessex. The King of Kent even held the title of Bretwalda for a time. Your challenge is to keep a 'Kentish' identity as, if not its...

I was doing a bit of reading, and wondering if there was a way to limit or avoid the Anglo-Saxon invasion of the British Isles and have Britain by and large retain more of a Celtic cultural identity. It's apparently difficult to find any good sources on when and how the Anglo-Saxon invasions...