@civilwarbore I'm discussing the creation of the English identity in Anglo-Saxon England.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore it's basically a comparision between an ethnogenesis and the ethnic reality of anglo-saxon england from bede to king alfred1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore ethnogenesis is sort of like propaganda. it's a top-down concept of identity, based around national myths and stuff.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore in the past it's been used to talk about the Franks, Ostrogoths, and Visigoths b/c they created a specific identity...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore ...that meshed Roman and Germanic culture together. But I am applying the idea of ethnogenesis to Anglo-Saxons.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore but because ethnicity is constructed, and oftentimes fluid, I am also talking about what England was really like.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore so I'm also talking about the ethnic tensions between the Anglo-Saxons and British/Welsh, but also within the Anglo-Saxons.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip + "Britons". Forget what he called the Anglo-Saxons, because I immediately moved on to Skene's "Four Ancient Books of Wales"1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore OH GERALD. Yeah that is much later than my period but it is relevant overall. British identity was still a thing then.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip also fascinating to me that in Welsh, the English people are STILL "Saeson". These people hold grudges.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@civilwarbore YES. It's interesting that Alfred, who was a Saxon, decided to ID as English. The British and Gaels call them Saxons tho. Lol.
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