Early Medieval Studies is a fairly neutral replacement for Anglo-Saxon Studies. As folks are discussing online, we might also consider something like Pre-Conquest Medieval Studies (to emphasize the Normal invasion), or Early Medieval Worlds to include Iberia & the Arab World(s).
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The important thing--beyond getting caught up in finding the "right" name--is simply acknowledging how wrong & inaccurate Anglo-Saxon Studies is as an anachronistic title. Reclaiming medieval studies from fascists means re-naming it to be inclusive & deeply/broadly historical.
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Replying to @jesbattis
I agree broadly in terms of early medieval being inclusive across the board, but for people who study exclusively certain areas, finding more specific terms for geographic areas/studies of certain peoples isn’t a bad thing. The important thing is to ditch Anglo-Saxon though, def.
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Totally agree. It's difficult to find a single name that includes Medieval Ireland, Iberia, Frankish kingdoms, Byzantium....maybe we could just call it Medieval Studies Rock Part II & II.
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Replying to @jesbattis
Haha. Well I mean currently I say that I study early medieval Ireland and Britain, but North Atlantic Studies was suggested for people who study Northern Europe. Global Medieval or Middle Ages is good but if you study a variety of different areas then...
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @jesbattis
...you might just have to list them. I do history but not all history (cultural, anthropological, intellectual), and archaeology (burial, landscape). I think it’s okay to have a lot of specific terms
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The problem is that people studying early medieval England but it is called “Anglo-Saxon England”...we need a term for it. I think early medieval England serves okay (some problems but there will always be), but some disagree and that’s fair.
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But I think replacing Anglo-Saxon Studies as Early Medieval Studies could equate early medieval England with the whole of the early medieval world or it flattened the field. We already use Early medieval studies as a general term.
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