Have there be an Anglo-Saxon cultural revival, similar to the Gaelic Revival in Ireland but at any time between 1688 and 1914 which aims to bring back England to its Anglo-Saxon past and make English culture and politics more 'Germanic.' In this scenario, it achieves the following changes:
*Makes Anglo-Saxon christian norm in England and does so permamently, replacing names of Norman origin. This affects all classes, urban and rural, equally, including the royal family.
*Makes Edmund the Martyr the patron saint of England and establishes either Alfred the Great, Athelstan or Harold Godwinson as the national hero of England and one of these has to replace King Arthur, who becomes a hero only for the Welsh, Cornish and Bretons.
*Makes the 25th of September (The Battle of Stamford Bridge) or the 20th of November (Edmund the Martyr's martyrdom) England's national day, and it becomes a public holiday
*The White Dragon becomes national flag of England.
*Encourages the adoption and revival of Anglo-Saxon words in English and Anglo-Saxon roots for new words, technologies and scientific vocabulary eg: if this revival happens before the railway age, stop-house would mean station and Penny-farthing would be the normal word for bicycle.
*Has more political terms be Anglo-Saxon. For example, counties become shires, parliaments and councils become moots, the House of Lords/upper houses in general get called the 'Witan, acts are called Writs etc
*Makes Old English more widely learned than latin in the 20th and 21st century classroom
*Makes Anglo-Saxon christian norm in England and does so permamently, replacing names of Norman origin. This affects all classes, urban and rural, equally, including the royal family.
*Makes Edmund the Martyr the patron saint of England and establishes either Alfred the Great, Athelstan or Harold Godwinson as the national hero of England and one of these has to replace King Arthur, who becomes a hero only for the Welsh, Cornish and Bretons.
*Makes the 25th of September (The Battle of Stamford Bridge) or the 20th of November (Edmund the Martyr's martyrdom) England's national day, and it becomes a public holiday
*The White Dragon becomes national flag of England.
*Encourages the adoption and revival of Anglo-Saxon words in English and Anglo-Saxon roots for new words, technologies and scientific vocabulary eg: if this revival happens before the railway age, stop-house would mean station and Penny-farthing would be the normal word for bicycle.
*Has more political terms be Anglo-Saxon. For example, counties become shires, parliaments and councils become moots, the House of Lords/upper houses in general get called the 'Witan, acts are called Writs etc
*Makes Old English more widely learned than latin in the 20th and 21st century classroom
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