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‘Sceaf, Japheth and the Origins of the Anglo-Saxons’

Anlezark, D

Authors

D Anlezark



Abstract

The Anglo-Saxons' awareness of their cultural and racial affiliation with their continental cousins is well attested, as is their interest in the earliest migrations of their ancestors to the British Isles from the homelands of northern Europe. The founding figures who led the migrations from Europe across the North Sea had names which were preserved by oral tradition well into the Christian period, and the names of these founders of Anglo-Saxon dynasties entered the historical record when Christian missionaries introduced the technology of writing among the Anglo-Saxons.

Citation

Anlezark, D. (2002). ‘Sceaf, Japheth and the Origins of the Anglo-Saxons’. Anglo-Saxon England, 31, 13-46. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263675102000029

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Dec 1, 2002
Deposit Date May 23, 2008
Journal Anglo-Saxon England
Print ISSN 0263-6751
Electronic ISSN 1474-0532
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 31
Pages 13-46
DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263675102000029
Publisher URL http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayIssue?iid=150118

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