@AdmiralHip I saw it and was all "THE ADMIRAL MUST READ THIS!"
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Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore hahaha aww thanks for thinking of me! It's funny, in my current research, Tolkien has come up a fair amount.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip I rationed out your papers carefully but have finished them all now. :(1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore Did you enjoy them? I've been churning out less papers this year since I am only writing the one haha.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip Because it can be hard to find info on serfdom &c that isn't ridiculously simplified or glossed over.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore it's also due to the fact that the seminal works on feudalism were SO influential that I think ppl are afraid to criticize.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore thus we see papers that argue for a later birth of feudalism while ignoring the role that the early middle ages had.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@AdmiralHip I think there's also the human fondness for hard borders & transitions... we don't like murky beginnings.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @NeolithicSheep
@civilwarbore yeah true. The early Anglo-Saxons and Franks are "mysterious" as it were. Few sources and the like.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore And the evidence shouldn't lead a hypothesis but I think much more work can and should be done on those early sources.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@civilwarbore even something like the Domesday Book can still hold information that no one has really considered to look for.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore and that's a later source, as well.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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