When someone suggested to me a few weeks ago an alternative for AS was “Germanic descent communities” or “British” it was very clear that this person really didn’t seem to know much about the history of any of these terms.
I disagree, because I qualify that in my terminology that I am not saying there is a continuity. No matter what, terminology will be problematic. England was a term from at least the 10th c in the source material.
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Much in the same way I refer to early medieval Scotland or Ireland. Neither of those places “existed” in my period. But unfortunately lowland Britain doesn’t work for me. I say Britain, when referring to Scotland and England but still.
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And since the BIPOC in the field, who have been the target of white supremacist attacks and also have been leading the discussions on this, prefer early medieval England at this stage, I’m gonna stick with that.
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