Some sensible points relating to current debates on terminology in this thread here, fwiw :)https://twitter.com/DrLRoach/status/1184428446144978944 …
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Incidentally, for some further thoughts on the use of the term 'Anglo-Saxon' etc in light of recent arguments, and with which I find much to agree, see https://boaringmedievalist.com/2019/09/14/boaring-medievalist/ …
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(Although I would add a couple of further explicit points regarding the potential utility of the term for the 8thC and before, based on the textual evidence re: the complexity and variability of identity and usage in this era, e.g. https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/1183131842075082752 …)
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Dr Caitlin Green @caitlinrgreenThe Feast of St Wilfrid; interestingly, his early 8thC Life identifies Wilfrid as an 'Angle' (chp 6), which fits with his origins in Anglian Northumbria, but in a letter of Wilfrid himself written in 679 he describes his country of origin as Saxonia… (chp 30, Colgrave p.60). https://twitter.com/ElvaBJohnston/status/1183006466128711681 …Show this thread1 reply 1 retweet 7 likesShow this thread -
In the above light, and with regards to the proposed usage of 'English' for the pre-Bede era, I'd also note this from Nicholas Brooks: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/haskins-society-journal-14/henry-loyn-memorial-lecture-english-identity-from-bede-to-the-millennium/0FF242EEBA43403B6933E4C818981176 …pic.twitter.com/eFLodslBNw
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I think it is interesting to think that there was maybe some identity shifting happening (I was made aware of Ine referring to himself as English instead of Saxon) but I don’t think this is proof that “Anglo-Saxon” is very useful.
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