1 1 century, Duke William from Normandy, France invaded Britain and was crowned king of England, and began to suppress the "Anglo-Saxon" nobles on the island. In this case, the national feelings of the "Anglo-Saxon" people were aroused, and the famous national hero "Robin Hood" appeared.
As a former aristocrat, Robin Hood didn't want to be oppressed by foreign French people, hiding in the forest and living a green forest life of robbing the rich and helping the poor. Therefore, he became a hero known to the British.
Although the "Anglo-Saxon" people ruled by the French have not been assimilated by the French and maintained their own national characteristics, they are still influenced by French culture, the most obvious being language. The foreign ruling class speaks French and the local people at the bottom speak old English. Due to the low education level of the people at the bottom, they lost many features of old English, borrowed many French words in their contacts with nobles, and gradually formed English which was born out of old Germanic language and mixed with a lot of French words.
After the Hundred Years' War between Britain and France, the British king lost all his overseas possessions, and since then he has devoted himself to the affairs of the island, and has gradually been assimilated by the "Anglo-Saxons" in culture. Since then, "Anglo-Saxon" has become the racial name of all English people. Shakespeare. The founder of modern English
After the English Puritans colonized North America, the name "Anglo-Saxon" was also brought to the North American continent. After the founding of the United States, English was designated as the national language. Many immigrants from other European countries have changed to speak English. Since then, in the United States, English-speaking whites with little difference in language and appearance have been collectively referred to as "Anglo-Saxon descendants".
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Anglo-Saxons established diplomatic relations with continental European countries through royal marriage. 17 14 years, Hanover, Germany succeeded to the British throne, and the German lineage of the British royal family has never been cut off since then. Queen Victoria's son took the crown as his father's surname, succeeded to the throne, and was named Saxon Dynasty. 19 17, he changed the German element in the name of the royal family and renamed it Windsor Dynasty.
In World War I, Germany fought against Britain, Russia and France at the same time, which can be said to be a duel between cousins. King George V of England is the son of Edward VII and the grandson of Queen Victoria. Kaiser Wilhelm II's mother is the eldest daughter of Queen Victoria, William II is the grandson of Queen Victoria, and George V is her cousin.
Tsar Nicholas II's mother Maria Feodor Rovna is Princess Dagmar of Denmark, and dagmar's sister Princess Alexandra married King Edward VII of England and gave birth to George V. Nicholas II and George V are cousins.
At that time, Germany only wanted to defeat France and win the dominance of the European continent. The conflict of interest between Germany and Britain is mainly in the naval arms race. At that time, William II thought that Britain would not go to war, but the momentum of Germany's rise had destroyed Britain's continental balance policy, so Britain did not hesitate to support France against Germany. Finally, the emperors of Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary disappeared.
The English-speaking nation began with the legal plunder of the royal pirates, and finally defeated the huge Spanish armada, and gradually rose to become an empire that never fell.
In the past 300 years, the English-speaking nation has defeated the European powers France, the sea coachman Holland, the first industrial power Germany, the invincible Nazi and the largest Soviet Union in history. So far, English speakers have never lost. No country in the world can overthrow or replace the dominant position of English speakers.
The Anglo-Saxon obsession with world power is surprising. There is no fundamental difference between the enemy's desire to attack and plunder and the Viking period. In the 20th century, the Anglo-Saxons solved one competitor after another.