Would this have been the prevailing sentiment towards Anglo-Saxon culture and history back in the 1930s when the Sutton Hoo excavation was taking place?
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Sutton Hoo and the treasures found there have often played into English nationalism since it's been found, and archaeology at this time was often extremely racist and based on promoting a glorious (and white) past.
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So the problem with just showing C.W. Phillips saying they had art and culture over the "savage" Vikings plays heavily into that as it does not appropriately reckon with the racist and nationalist implications of those statements.
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I was simply asking for information as I'm not as knowledgeable on the subject. Wasn't implying anything one way or the other.
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The idea of the "dark ages" is one that persisted well after this period so it's hard to say how widespread this was.
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