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The Origins and Development of the English Language Chapter 5: The Old English Period, Part 2

The Origins and Development of the English Language Chapter 5: The Old English Period, Part 2. John Algeo Michael Cheng National Chengchi University. 410 CE – Alaric I King of the Visigoths sacks Rome. 449 Germanic Tribes invade Britain, driving out the native Celts.

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The Origins and Development of the English Language Chapter 5: The Old English Period, Part 2

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  1. The Origins and Development of the English Language Chapter 5: The Old English Period, Part 2 John Algeo Michael Cheng National Chengchi University

  2. 410 CE – Alaric I King of the Visigoths sacks Rome

  3. 449 Germanic Tribes invade Britain, driving out the native Celts.

  4. Rome pulls its legions out of Britain to protect Rome • Picts and Scots raid Britain • Vortigern appeals to Germanic tribes on the continent for help • 449 the brothers Hengest and Horsa of the Jute tribe come to his aid and drive off the raiders

  5. Britons seen as weak • Other tribes invited over by the Jutes • Angli • Saxons • Frisians • Germanic tribes drive off the Celtic Britons and take over their land

  6. 575 CE

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