Editing Jutes (section)

==Influences and culture==
When the Jutish [[kingdom of Kent]] was founded, around the middle of the 5th century, Roman ways and influences must have still had a strong presence. The Roman settlement of ''[[Durovernum Cantiacorum]]'' became Canterbury. The people of Kent were described as ''Cantawara'', a Germanised form of the Latin ''Cantiaci''.{{sfn|Campbell|John|Wormald|1991|pp=38–44}}

Although not all historians accept Bede's scheme for the settlement of Britain into Anglian, Jutish and Saxon areas as perfectly accurate,{{sfn| Hawkes|1982|p=67}} the archaeological evidence indicates that the peoples of west Kent were culturally distinct from those in the east of Kent, with west Kent sharing the 'Saxon' characteristics of its neighbours in the southeast of England.{{sfn|Welch|2007|p= 209}} Brooches and [[bracteate]]s found in east Kent, the Isle of Wight and southern Hampshire showed a strong Frankish{{efn|Some ancient sources have suggested that the Franks may have had overlordship of Kent at some point.{{sfn|Stenton|1971|p=14}}{{sfn|Blair|2006|pp=39–41}}{{sfn|Yorke|1990|pp=26–27}}}} and North Sea influence from the mid-fifth century to the late sixth century compared to north German styles found elsewhere in Anglo-Saxon England.{{sfn|Yorke|1990|pp=26–27}}{{sfn|Welch|2007|p= 209}}{{sfn|Smith|1937|pp=51–52}} There is discussion about who crafted the jewellery (found in the archaeological sites of Kent). Suggestions include crafts people who had been trained in the Roman workshops of northern Gaul or the Rhineland. It is also possible that those artisans went on to develop their own individual style.{{sfn|Hills|1979|pp= 297–329}} By the late 6th century grave goods indicate that west Kent had adopted the distinctive east Kent material culture.{{sfn|Welch|2007|p= 209}}

The Frankish princess [[Bertha of Kent|Bertha]] arrived in Kent around 580 to marry the king [[Æthelberht of Kent]]. Bertha was already a Christian and had brought a bishop, [[Liudhard]], with her across the Channel. Æthelberht rebuilt an old Romano-British structure and dedicated it to [[St Martin's Church, Canterbury|St Martin]] allowing Bertha to continue practising her Christian faith. {{sfn|Blair|2006|pp=70–71}}{{sfn|Bede|1910|loc=2.2}} In 597 [[Pope Gregory I]] sent [[Augustine of Canterbury|Augustine]] to Kent, on a mission to [[Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England|convert the Anglo-Saxons]], {{sfn|Bede|1910|loc=1.XXV}}{{sfn|Bede|1910|loc=2.2}}{{sfn|Charles-Edwards|2003|pp=128–29}} There are suggestions that Æthelberht had already been baptised when he "courteously received" the pope's mission. Æthelberht was the first of the Anglo-Saxon rulers to be baptised.{{sfn|Kirby|2000|p=28}}{{sfn|Bede|1910|loc=1.XXV}}

The simplified Christian burial was introduced at this time. Christian graves were usually aligned East to West, whereas with some exceptions pagan burial sites were not.{{sfn|Welch|1992|pp=74–76}} The lack of archaeological grave evidence in the land of the ''Haestingas'' is seen as supporting the hypothesis that the peoples there would have been Christian Jutes who had migrated from Kent.{{sfn|Welch|1978|p=34}} In contrast to Kent, the Isle of Wight was the last area of Anglo-Saxon England to be evangelised in 686, when [[Cædwalla of Wessex]] invaded the island, killing the local king [[Arwald]] and his brothers.{{sfn|Blair|2006|p=167}}{{sfn|Bede|1910|loc=4.16}}

The Jutes used a system of [[partible inheritance]] known as [[gavelkind]], which was practised in Kent until the 20th century. The custom of gavelkind was also found in other areas of Jutish settlement.{{efn|For example, in the area of East Sussex that became the [[Rape of Hastings]] and was inhabited by the people known as the ''[[Hæstingas]]''.{{sfn|Barr-Hamilton|1953|pp=130–135}}}}{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|loc=[[s:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Sussex#166|Sussex]]}}{{sfn|Myers|1989|pp=144–149}} In England and Wales, gavelkind was abolished by the [[Administration of Estates Act 1925]].{{sfn|Watson|2001||p=53}} Before abolition in 1925, all land in Kent was presumed to be held by gavelkind until the contrary was proved.{{sfn|Watson|2001||p=53}} The popular reason given for the practice remaining so long is due to the "Swanscombe Legend"; according to this, Kent made a deal with [[William the Conqueror]] whereby he would allow them to keep local customs in return for peace.{{sfn|Smith|1998|pp=85–103}}

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|caption1=[[Quoit brooch]] found in [[Sarre, Kent|Sarre]], Kent. Part of the [[British Museum]] collection.
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|caption2=Monument in [[Swanscombe]] to Kent's agreement with [[William the Conqueror]].
|image3=St Augustine's Abbey - Site of St Augustine's grave (geograph 3091854 by Rob Farrow).jpg
|caption3=Augustine's grave at [[St Augustine's Abbey]].
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