Those areas are not my particular specialism. More of a general statement about how racial ‘purity’ has always been an illusion, often appropriated by assholes on a generational basis. I refer you to the brilliant explanations by @ISASaxonists of what this field must learn in C21
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But I do think this about medieval Scotland- we look at that treacherous coast and the North Sea as a barrier. I think medieval people saw highways. International monastic networks. Trade, and the flow of cultures with it. It will take a while to unpick all the 19thC whitewash.
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I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on exactly that; whilst the North Sea was indeed a trade route for those peoples with the skills and equipment necessary to use it(frisians/hanseatic league) it's all north Europeans anyway..i don't see how it touches on the non-white topic
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I'm prepared to be wrong if someone shows me I'm wrong. It won't be the first time
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The evidence is thin, full stop-my beef is ‘purism’. But as a material culturalist when I see a Sutton Hoo brooch, I see not just an item to express power, but also trade and connectivity to the wider world. ANY category based on genes needs to be questioned when NeoNazis abound.
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Also: non-white Romans were present in Scotland and many soldiers stayed there. I suspect there is evidence of trade and movement, certainly we have remains of people from Africa in England.
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Here she is
@AdmiralHip coming to set me right again like the gang pulling up in the Mystery Machine to reveal the baddie in Scooby-Doo
. But surely the presence of some non-native Roman soldiers isn't enough to say Britain was ethnically diverse? Just as the presence1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Of English soldiers in 11thC Byzantine military doesn't mean there are grounds to claim pasty English people were present on the beaches of the Asia Minor
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There probably were some. We’re not saying masses and masses of people, but people travelled and moved. Merchants from all over, pilgrims.
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And actually it does. We don’t know specifics of demographic numbers. But what would be enough for you? The point is that the Middle Ages weren’t white.
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And the claim that there weren’t many as evidence that the medieval period wasn’t diverse is a right wing talking point. Sorry, but it is. Scholars spent ages trying to show non-white people in Europe and when they do, it gets disregarded.
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I'm not disregarding anything and I enjoy reading views that are new to me, I'm just not convinced. Probably because I am ignorant of more facts, which is why I follow your conversations
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