Splendid programme from @theAliceRoberts: using Tintagel to unpack latest historico-archaeological modelling of myth of Arthur (a la Higham), the Anglo-Saxon settlements, Tintagel’s Byzantine trading relations (a la @caitlinrgreen). Oh & anti-#Brexit vision of the Dark Ages 

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> of the Arthurian legend were only a minor element in the early tradition vs the folkloric material, and appear no earlier than this non-historical stuff :) It inspired a lot of my early work that was on the topic and underlies other bits e.g.https://www.academia.edu/24372661/An_Alternative_Interpretation_of_Preideu_Annwfyn_lines_23-28 …
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(Of course, the fact that Oliver Padel's 1994 article, which I seem to recall also inspired Nick Higham's book, is in a rather difficult to obtain and not yet online journal maybe doesn't help!)
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How interesting
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