The Anglo-Saxons

The term Anglo-Saxon refers to settlers from the German regions, who arrived in  Britain after the fall of the Roman Empire around AD 410.
The Romans withdrew from Britain early in the fifth century because they had to defend the crumbling centre of the Empire.
At this time, the Jutes and the Frisians from Denmark were also settling in the British islands, but the Anglo-Saxon settlers  were their own masters in a new land and they did not keep the Roman tradition alive. They replaced the Roman stone buildings with their own one.
They spoke their language, which gave rise to the English spoken today.
The Anglo-Saxons also brought their own religious beliefs, but the arrival of Saint Augustine in 597 converted most of the country to Christianity.