So it's been contemporarily agreed that the Anglo-Saxon

Nah, that's just left-wing historians downplaying the importance of mass migrations and invasions because they don't want that to be used by their contemporary political enemies.

It definitely happened, otherwise the British would be all speaking Welsh.

>>2599209
It happened. But there is no evidence either way for a violent or peaceful one. It was probably a mix of both.

>>2599343
Seeing as there were evidences of the Roman invasion, the Dane invasion, and the Norman invasion, respectively, and none of the Anglo-Saxons, we can at least conclude it was migration, not an invasion.

Some people think Bede made up the Anglo-Saxon race, but then what of the fact English became the dominant language (that is, before French and then English again) as
>>2599227 said.

It must have been a mass migration. The Celts were probably too pussy to ask them all to leave, but England was pretty open country back then, right?

>>2599410
It's true that the 'Celts' weren't a warrior race, as the Anglo-Saxons were, but they gave the Romans some tough resistance.

The current view is that it happened much like the Norman one - a small group of warriors taking over positions of power, leaving the plebs as they were.

>>2599209
>Christian Celtic Romano-British getting harassed by Caledinduians
>Saxons show up
>Give farms for sword-work
>want more farms and land than there are Celts to kill
>ask to renegotiate terms with Romano-British
>meet at Stonehenge
>draw sax's and murder all the British aristocracy that show up
>we're your Ealdormen now

Mass immigration has never been a good thing for Britain, except for the replacing foreign group. Yes, it's still an invasion if you were brought over as mercenaries, or gastarbeiter, or refugees.