Hengist and Horsa
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Hengist and Horsa are legendary Germanic brothers who, according to later English legends, led the Angles, Saxons and Jutes, the progenitor groups of modern English people, in their invasion of Great
The brothers in Edward Parrott's Pageant of British History (1909)
Hengist from John Speed's 1611 "Saxon Heptarchy"
Hengist and Horsa arriving in Britain, as depicted by Richard Rowlands (1605)
Vortigern and Rowena, by William Hamilton (1793)
Jutes
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The Jutes were one of the Germanic tribes who settled in Great Britain after the departure of the Romans. According to Bede, they were one of the three most powerful Germanic nations, along with the A
Hengist and Horsa
…Hengist (, HENG-gist) and Horsa are legendary Germanic brothers who, according to later English legends, led the Angles, Saxons and Jutes, the progenitor groups of modern English people, in their invasion of Great Britain in the 5th century. Tradition lists Hengist as the first of the…
Landing of the Jutes in Britain by Byam Shaw, c. 1898
Reconstructions of clothes from Illerup Ådal, Moesgård Museum.
Quoit brooch found in Sarre, Kent. Part of the British Museum collection.
Monument in Swanscombe to Kent's agreement with William the Conqueror.