Bede and the Jutes

What is it about?

This is a detailed study of Bede's terminology of gentes relating to early post-Roman Kent. Bede termed the groups settling in the southeastern part of Britain "Jutes" but chose a name which is difficult to be linked to continental group names; it seems that Bede fabricated this name because he was aware of the heterogeneous group structure of people migrating from the Continent into what came to be called Kennt.

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Why is it important?

This is an attempt to combine findings from archaeology, place-names, charters and narrative sources to better understand early medieval group structures.