Guest "Dazbo, I think the Anglo-Saxons must have arrived in large numbers including women and family groups because if the menfolk had mainly taken Britons as wives the Celtic languages and other influences would have been stronger. It was the women who mainly reared the kids and taught them their language. I don't say that the entire Anglo-Saxon people left Europe but that the nature of their 'invasion' must have been something more than a purely military campaign. They were invited in after all, by the British ruling class, in a misguided attempt to protect themselves."

I'm not disagreeing with you as this seems to be the simplest explanation and, to my mind, is not explained satisfactorily by the 'elite only' version hence my question.