England was called England during the era of King Arthur
the verdict
REFUTED
the evidence says no
confidence 8/100
King Arthur is traditionally placed in the late 5th or early 6th century during the post-Roman, sub-Roman period, whereas the name 'England' (derived from the Anglo-Saxon 'Angle-land') emerged later as Germanic kingdoms established themselves.
Evidence against · 3
Settlement mobility and the ‘Middle Saxon Shift’: rural settlements and settlement patterns in Anglo-Saxon England
1991 · cited by 17
Discusses the early and middle Saxon periods, which followed the era traditionally associated with King Arthur, reflecting the emergence of Anglo-Saxon settlement rather than a pre-existing unified England.
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The settlement of England in Bede and the<i>Chronicle</i>
1983 · cited by 16
Examines the historical accounts of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of England, placing the terminology and formation of England later than the Romano-British Arthurian period.
Birch bark tar in early Medieval England - Continuity of tradition or technological revival?
2020 · cited by 8
Notes that early medieval contexts in the east of England date to the early Anglo-Saxon period following the collapse of Roman Britain, well after Arthurian times.