They stated that they wanted to make the term "Anglo-Saxon" into a "Family Name" for all of the UK's current and former colonies, uniting them not under the banner of nationalism but that of "Pride of Race." 3/11pic.twitter.com/cON64Odt0f
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They stated that they wanted to make the term "Anglo-Saxon" into a "Family Name" for all of the UK's current and former colonies, uniting them not under the banner of nationalism but that of "Pride of Race." 3/11pic.twitter.com/cON64Odt0f
The destiny of the "Anglo-Saxon race," they argued, was colonization. The Anglo-Saxon was "pre-eminently the colonist of the world," the editors proclaimed. 4/11pic.twitter.com/170HpsQmi2
With every issue, the periodical reported on the enthusiasm for this new term among its readers and described the term as a flag designed for white people around the world to rally around and to promote "Family Feeling of the Race." 5/11pic.twitter.com/oiIVQhl19T
They tied the term to the early medieval English. The journal published long articles on the customs of the medieval "Anglo-Saxons" and its motto ("Non angli sed Angeli") was taken from Pope Gregory's fabled meeting with enslaved English boys (also depicted on the cover). 6/11pic.twitter.com/aYXK0R9FIe
The journal printed scholarship from medievalists of the day such as John Kemble that they felt spoke to their concerns and showed how--as they imagined--the roots of the modern "Anglo-Saxon institutions" appeared first in early medieval England. 7/11pic.twitter.com/TvElhNkGix
They also drew upon race scientists of the day to justify their claims, including the notorious Robert Knox, whose book "The Races of Man" was quoted heavily within the journal's pages to justify their glowing image of the "Anglo-Saxon race." 8/11pic.twitter.com/wgd6ZtQjiV
The periodical was not long-lived, but it is quoted in other publications of the time. The periodical tried hard to get United States readers interested in adopting the term, including a larger open letter titled A Word to the Yankees, which produced many US responses. 9/11pic.twitter.com/MHY0GGr6DX
It also organized (with medievalists) a Jubilee celebrating King Alfred, which led to the production of much Alfred scholarship, including a complete translation of his works. Medieval studies and popular racial Anglo-Saxonism fed into each other in these pages. 10/11pic.twitter.com/p0nYFFfCdW
This is part of the legacy of the term "Anglo-Saxon" in British & American white supremacy, but it also shows how intertwined medievalisms & medieval studies were with white supremacy throughout the 19th century on beyond. This is the legacy we need to deal with today. 11/11pic.twitter.com/DvsI23l93t
So, basically, a small and insignificant group tried to hijack the term "Anglo-Saxon", first recorded here in about 930 (well before mediaeval times). Athelstan: Angelsaxonum Denorumque gloriosissimus rex. Big deal.
Kemble is known as the father of Anglo-Saxon studies, the period is definitely medieval, and you seem to have missed the point.
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