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CHAPTER II.. The Germanic Invasion.

A Literary History of the English People, From the Origins to the Renaissance · J. J. (Jean Jules) Jusserand — chapter 2 of 36 · ~45 words · public domain

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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

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