... several kingdoms: Northumbria, Mercia, Wessex, East Anglia, Kent and others. Those kingdoms were at first pagan, worshipping Germanic gods. In 597, Latin-speaking missionaries came to Kent in order to spread Christianity among Germans. After Kent, they travelled to other kingdoms too. Also, missionaries from Ireland ... they allowed priests to travel and build churches. Christianity spread quickly and peacefully. By 700, pagan days were almost forgotten. Since Latin monks used Latin letters to capture the spoken language, they introduced writing to Anglo-Saxons. In those times, words we...

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