Misnaming the Medieval: Rejecting "Anglo-Saxon" Studies
@ISASaxonists on a racist history in medieval studies:http://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/misnaming-the-medieval-rejecting-anglo-saxon-studies/ …
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And lives on in high fantasy
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And pop history. To my chagrin lol.
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So the “Anglo-Saxons” vs the “Celts” is a pretty old narrative.
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All these words have been used for nationalist purposes (this isn't always negative, presumably), but they are valid words with a long history. At minimum they can refer to linguistic groupings. (Norse myth is used by racists, but in itself is not particularly racist.)
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