Saxons - Wikipedia The Saxons, sometimes called the Old Saxons or Continental Saxons, were a Germanic people of early medieval "Old" Saxony (Latin: Antiqua Saxonia) which became a Carolingian "stem duchy" in 804, in what is now northern Germany [1]
The Saxons - World History Encyclopedia The Saxons were a Germanic people of the region north of the Elbe River stretching from Holstein (in modern-day Germany) to the North Sea The Saxons who migrated to Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries
Saxon | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica Saxon, member of a Germanic people who in ancient times lived in the area of modern Schleswig and along the Baltic coast During the 5th century CE the Saxons spread rapidly through north Germany and along the coasts of Gaul and Britain Learn more about Saxons in this article
Saxons - Encyclopedia. com Saxons, Germanic people, first mentioned in the 2d cent by Ptolemy as inhabiting the southern part of the Cimbric Peninsula (S Jutland) Holding the area at the mouth of the Elbe River and some of the nearby islands, they gradually extended their territory southward across the Weser River
Saxons: Warriors, Settlers, and Builders of Early Europe The Saxons, a Germanic ethnolinguistic group originating north of the Elbe River in what is now northern Germany, played a formative role in shaping the sociopolitical and cultural fabric of both continental Europe and the British Isles
Anglo-Saxons - Wikipedia The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages
Saxons vs Anglo-Saxons: What is the Difference? - Germanicheathenry The Saxons spoke a different language than the Anglo-Saxons The Saxons spoke Old Saxon, the Anglo-Saxons spoke Old English (Old English and Old Saxon are two different languages, and you need trainging in both to read both )
Saxons - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Saxons, or Saxon people, are (today) part of the German people, with their main areas of settlements in the German States of Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony, Westphalia, and the northeastern part of the Netherlands (Groningen, Drenthe, Twente, Salland, Veluwe and Achterhoek)