This is the crux of it, for me. I was raised to celebrate our ‘mongrel nation’ identity - it used to be part of who we were proud to be. But there’s always been an element who want to freeze a (mythologised) version from our past as the only acceptable form of ‘Britishness’.https://twitter.com/paulbernaluk/status/1003592148929990656 …
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Replying to @robintudge @RJohnDavis
And I wouldn't be surprised if lots of those mercenaries accepted the old British foundation myth of Brutus migrating to these isles with 33 daughters of a Syrian king.
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Various dark ages & mediaeval sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutus_of_Troy …
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Here's a nice 15th century illustration of the myth of the daughters of King Diodicias of Syria arriving in Britain with Brutus in the other ship. https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/TourPopup.asp?TourID=445 …pic.twitter.com/hcM7j6cIEw
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Danny Vincent Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green
It's also worth having a look at
@caitlinrgreen's feed, one of the the best accounts on twitter:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/986707878638768130?s=19 …Danny Vincent added,
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Dr Caitlin Green Retweeted Dr Caitlin Green
Very kind of you :) Fwiw, here's the end of a thread on the Syrian sisters — was the definitive account of early British history for two centuries! :)https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/758624960961183744 …
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