@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.
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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 -
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@civilwarbore so usually feudalism was argued to have been borne under the Normans, but only now are ppl deconstructing that.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@civilwarbore another student a few years back wrote her undergrad thesis on the beginnings of feudalism and serfdom under the Anglo-Saxons1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@AdmiralHip the Saxons were just the sort of bastards to start that shit... (I might be stoned on pain killers)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@civilwarbore lmao it's funny that you call them Saxons when they were calling themselves English (at least the elite were) early on.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore Only the Gaels and British called them Saxons haha1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@AdmiralHip it cracks me up that the English are still Saeson in Welsh. They hold serious grudges in Europe!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@civilwarbore yeah in Gaelic they're Sassanach iirc.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @AdmiralHip
@civilwarbore it's probs because the invaders were just known as "Saxons" which was a catch-all for pirates, basically.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@civilwarbore even though the invaders were a jumbled up mix of a variety of Germanic folks.
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