Wyles as Jutes Theory!
Research By Diane Wyles:
This map shows the early Jutish foothold in post-Roman Britain, around the year 575.
Long before England was England, the Jutes, a Germanic tribe who sailed over from the Jutland Peninsula, had settled pockets of what is now Kent, the Isle of Wight, and parts of Hampshire.
Unlike their Saxon and Angle cousins who carved out massive kingdoms like Mercia and Northumbria, the Jutes preferred a smaller, tidier conquest.
Kent became their stronghold, with its own kings and customs, often at the forefront of early Christianity in England.
The Isle of Wight, meanwhile, remained a Jutish redoubt well into the 7th century — long enough to be a problem for Christian missionaries!
Long before England was England, the Jutes, a Germanic tribe who sailed over from the Jutland Peninsula, had settled pockets of what is now Kent, the Isle of Wight, and parts of Hampshire.
Unlike their Saxon and Angle cousins who carved out massive kingdoms like Mercia and Northumbria, the Jutes preferred a smaller, tidier conquest.
Kent became their stronghold, with its own kings and customs, often at the forefront of early Christianity in England.
The Isle of Wight, meanwhile, remained a Jutish redoubt well into the 7th century — long enough to be a problem for Christian missionaries!
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