TheAnglo-Saxonswere the population inBritainpartly descended from theGermanic tribeswho migrated fromEuropeand settled the south and east of the island beginning in the early5th century. The Anglo-Saxon period denotes the period of English history after their initialsettlementthrough their creation of theEnglishnation, up to theNorman conquest; that is, between about 550 and 1066.^[1]^[2]The term Anglo-Saxon is also used for the language, today more correctly calledOld English, that was spoken and written by the Anglo-Saxons in England (and parts of south-easternScotland) between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century, after which it is known asMiddle English.^[3]

TheBenedictinemonkBede, writing in the early8th century, identified the English as the descendants of three Germanic tribes:^[4]

Invasion to Britain