What are the significant events that happened during the anglos-saxons period.?

In a nutshell what were their believes and how did their culture affected their literature ?
What are the significant events that happened during the anglos-saxons period.?
In terms of Literature, the Anglo-Saxons believed in "oral history" (stories told through the generations by word of mouth) and as such no written "literature" exists from this period - those that do begun orally, such as Beowulf.





More generally, the Anglo-Saxons found themselves filling a void in British society after the Romans scarpered. Culturally, they were similar to the Nordic nations and those of the Germanic tribes (in particular those of current-day Holstein-Schleiswig) - IE Polytheistic religion.





For events, a lot happened in the 600 or so years of Anglo-Saxon rule (between about 400AD and 1066 - Hastings) but can be summed up simply - not much happened except a few Vikings had a bash.
What are the significant events that happened during the anglos-saxons period.?
mostly they played saxophones to some old client east wood films