English descent.
They worshipped many gods
They worshipped many gods.
You mean before the Romans in 43 AD. The Britons were living in England at that time. The Britons are descendants of the original settlers after the last glaciation with small additions to the gene pool from later immigrants. Just because a country is invaded it doesn't mean the whole population is wiped out and replaced by the invaders. Only the ruling class changes. As an example, the average Briton has about 4-5% of Anglo-Saxon genes.
Boldly striding through the shifting sands of time while proudly bearing the powerful family motto of "We and ours to God!", the English surname of Rodgers was anciently conferred by the Anglo-Saxons (who once ruled all of Britain) upon persons skilled with the spear.
If you mean Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery then yes he was the son of an Anglo-Irish priest.
: English decent
: English decent
They worshipped many gods
They worshipped many gods.
When you say that the early Anglo-Saxons were pagans you mean that the people did not believe in a Supreme Being.
It may mean nationalism and xenophobia of the 'anglo-saxons' or white anglo-saxon Americans. Chauvinism means nationalism and xenophobia, although its meaning has changed recently, in this case I'm sure it means xenophobia or even racism. The term suggests the nationalism and racism of so-called 'anglo-saxons' in 20th century America againist other ethnic groups, who they deemed inferior.
Racial supiority of Anglo Saxons. they argued that the united states had a responsibility to spread Christianity and "civilization" to the world's "inferior peoples." This viewpoint narrowly defined "civilization" according to the standards of only one culture.
It comes from the Saxons: Wessex (West-Saxons), Sussex (South-Saxons), Middlesex (Middle Saxons), Essex (East-Saxons).
The English! Or if you mean before 1066 when William the Conqueror invaded England, then the natives would be referred to as the Anglo-Saxons.
Not necessarily. Historians, blacks, and people discussing the meaning of the word use it and it doesn't mean they are all racists. Normally, it goes towards why you are using it, and who you are directing it at.
That is a too general question. People of Anglo-Saxon descent live all over the world apart from their original country England; and wherever they live on the planet, they have usually adapted to local culture, standards and beliefs over time. In the US alone, people of Anglo-Saxon descent vary from urban socialites with an Ivy League background to redneck rural Tea Party adherents and everything in between. So it totally depends on who they are and where and in what culture they live. The above is based on your using the present tense in your question. Should you mean: "What were the religious beliefs of the ancient Anglo Saxons?" The answer is that we don't exactly know. There is some indication that their supreme god was called Woden, possibly after the Norse supreme god Wodan. And they also believed in a number of supernatural beings like elves and dragons. Their kings often claimed descendancy from one of the gods, often Woden.
Associated with the ancient Anglo-Saxons of Britain as well as Cnut, the DanishKing of England in 1016, the Englishsurname Nutter may also have originated with the idiom 'brown as a nut', meaning well-tanned.See the Related Link listed below for more information: