They replaced the Roman stone buildings with their own wooden ones, and spoke their own language, which gave rise to the English spoken today. The Anglo-Saxons also brought their own religious ...

Yet the pagan Anglo-Saxons copied a clearly Christian coin. Related: Roman coin trove discovered on Mediterranean island may have been hidden during ancient pirate attack The Anglo-Saxons did not ...

They were neither Christian nor civilized before 800. But in spite of these two great transformations, the Saxons still tenaciously clung to many ancient barbaric and pagan ways and customs. The ...