It is striking to me that when I said I wanted to move away from using AS in my thesis and replace it with Early English or early medieval England I was informed by a particular person in the field that it was more than defensible.
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The study of the period won’t be worse because we use a BETTER and MORE HISTORICAL phrase that doesn’t have the same amount of hang ups. Not to mention that the idea of periodization assumes a level of ahistoricity anyways. We construct artificial boundaries and terms as is.
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And even if the word we use is ahistorical, it’s better than clinging to a racist legacy.
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