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Phase
5th–6th centuries CE
After the end of Roman rule, groups conventionally identified as Angles, Saxons and Jutes settled in Britain. Some initially served as mercenaries, while later migration and warfare contributed to the formation of new regional kingdoms.
The surviving evidence combines archaeology, later chronicles and origin traditions, including stories about Hengist, Horsa and Vortigern. The process was gradual and varied by region rather than a single conquest.
This context supports fiction about post-Roman Britain, migration, cultural conflict and the emergence of the early Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
Series
The First Kingdom series is set during the traditional beginning of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain in the fifth century. It follows the exiled Saxon warrior Octa as he becomes entangled with Hengist, Horsa, Vortigern and the struggle between incoming Germanic war bands and Romano-British rulers. The trilogy…
Books
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