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Not to be confused with Angle.

The Angles were a Germanic people of unknown origin. Their name seems to be connected with Angeln, a modern district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The Angles, together with the Jutes, Saxons and Frisians, were among the Germanic tribes who sailed across the North Sea in the 5th century to invade Britain. The various tribes were later called "Anglo-Saxon".

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  • 1st century Germani

    Approximate positions of some Germanic peoples reported by Graeco-Roman authors in the 1st century. Suevian peoples in red, and other Irminones in purple

  • Over Jerstal

    Possible locations of the Angles and Jutes before their migration to Britain

  • Beda Petersburgiensis f3v

    Manuscript of Bede

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