Anglo-Saxons Vs. Vikings

The Anglo-Saxons as mentioned before came for unknown reasons, but the generally accepted one is that they were hired to protect the people from outsiders. The first invitation came from Vortigen, in 449, a local ruler from Kent, who invites the Jutes to defend their land against the Picts and the Scots, but after beating them the Jutes decided to settle and rule Kent. Since, it was also during the dark ages that the Anglo-Saxons ruled there is scarce information on their society and government, but alas there is enough information to gather an educated idea of what it was like, and also compare it to the Vikings. After the first invitation from the Kents to the Jutes more people from Scandinavia followed swiftly after. By 585 AD England had been divided into seven different kingdoms, which were all ruled by separate Germanic people, whom spent most of

However their main difference always laid in their government, and this is due to the fact that Anglo-Saxons did not have their population as spread out as the Vikings did and were influenced from other places. Both governments were kingdoms; alas, the types of kingdoms were very different in each. It is also said that how society views a women says a lot about that society, and both the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings treated their women very fairly compared to other countries at the time. However, for the Anglo-Saxons, there are a few differences that demonstrate the influence from other countries. But, it was not until the Roman Christian religion that the Anglo-Saxons began to change dramatically from their ancestors the Scandinavians. Their societies, before the Christian change, were all about the strong, and having the toughest people represent their government, otherwise known as a warrior culture. It was interesting to learn more about how medieval societies function, and how similar they actually