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Part I: the Anglo-Saxon period (449-1066) 1. Historical background The early inhabitants in the island we now call England were Britons, a tribe of Celts. From the Britons the island got its name 一 Britain, the land of Britons, who were a primitive people living in the tribal society. After the fall of the Roman Empire (410AD) and the withdrawal of Roman troops, the Teutonic tribes, esp., theAngles, the Saxonsand the Jutes, conquered the island and called it Angle-land, then England? 2. Literature： The Song of Beowulf The Song of Beowulf = the national epic of the Anglo-Saxons or English peop