Northumbria was a medieval kingdom of the Angles, in what is now Northern England and South-East Scotland, In the 7th century, the Angles of Northumbria fought their way north, taking lands up to the Firth of Forth. The Angles, Saxons and Jutes had invaded post-Roman Britain from mainland Europe. The pagan Anglo-Saxons were gradually converted to Christianity during the 7th century. The great Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf tells of a pagan hero but it was written by a Christian scribe.

Northumbria was a medieval kingdom of the Angles, in what is now Northern England and South-East Scotland, In the 7th century, the Angles of Northumbria fought their way north, taking lands up to the Firth of Forth. The Angles, Saxons and Jutes had invaded post-Roman Britain from mainland Europe. The pagan Anglo-Saxons were gradually converted to Christianity during the 7th century. The great Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf tells of a pagan hero but it was written by a Christian scribe.
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