After a week or so, I found I could make myself understood in Italy by speaking Latin with a Hollywood gangster accent. Almost always worked. But, insight into how English works may be more significant. English is Viking-talk with a Latin overlay.
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Maybe that will inspire me to explain _The Battle of Maldon_ as a positive model for near-future politics…
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Tolkien (a devout Catholic, of course) published a “sequel” to The Battle of Maldon, just before LotR, explaining how the English lord should have acted if he were fully Christianized. It’s remarkable I think… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Homecoming_of_Beorhtnoth_Beorhthelm%27s_Son …
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