A Literary History Of The English People From The Origins To Th

Chapter 2

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THE GERMANIC INVASION.

The mother country of the Germanic invader--Tacitus--Germans and Scandinavians--The great invasions--Character of the Teutonic nations--Germanic kingdoms established in formerly Roman provinces. Jutes, Frisians, Angles, and Saxons--British resistance and defeat--Problem of the Celtic survival--Results of the Germanic invasions in England and France 21