Does anyone have links to good discussion about using anachronistic terminology within medieval studies? I’m being potentially challenged on using early medieval Ireland/Scotland/England but honestly any other terminology at this stage is too general for me. #MedievalTwitter
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
Does anyone really dispute that Ireland is a meaningful term in the early Middle Ages. Scotland is much more problematic - but Ireland?
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Replying to @DrFrancisYoung
Not that I've seen, but I'm in Ireland. However, the complaints about anachronistic phrases (England, Scotland could just as easily be applied to Ireland, a term invented by the English in the 12th c. to apply to the island).
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
The English name is an imposition, yes; but it's not as though the island had no name before the c12th. England, Scotland and Wales, by contrast, are political constructs within the island of Great Britain. The *nation* of Ireland is a political construct, sure
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Replying to @DrFrancisYoung
Yes I know, that’s the thing. Ireland is now the name for the island and it has a political context but it is still a name imposed by an invading power. And yet, it is preferred to calling it Eire, when speaking English.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
Yes. My understanding, though, is that using 'Eire' when speaking English, instead of 'Ireland' has connotations of condescension because the term was used by the British to undermine Irish claims to the whole island
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Yes it does. It’s an interesting thing, that it happened that way.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @DrFrancisYoung
Essentially, I have been given a hard time about using early medieval England. But if I define that I should define them all, in my view.
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