| These fierce and savage warriors actually consisted of Jutes, Friesians, Angles and Saxons. |
| From the 200s through the 1100s, there was a series of invasions by various tribes from the north, including the Magyars and the Saxons. |
| In Anglo-Saxon times Wessex was a large kingdom of the West Saxons covering the present counties of Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire, and Berkshire. |
| The Saxons of the fifth century were better known and more widely spread, occupying the present Westphalia, Hanover and Brunswick. |
| Apart from iron and bronze, the Saxons and Vikings made use of other metals, mainly for jewellery. |
| The wearing of skins as normal clothing was unknown to both the Saxons and the Vikings. |
