Were there Huns in Anglo-Saxon England? Some thoughts on Bede, Priscus+Attila--new post by me: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/07/were-there-huns-in-anglo-saxon-england.html …pic.twitter.com/rWJeSruCvk
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Whilst perhaps surprising, idea of Hunnic presence+short-lived dominion over mid5thC "ASs" in Britain has, arguably, a reasonable context >
> both in terms of ethnic complexity of 5thC immigrants + Hedeager's case for 5thC N Germany & S Scandinavia being both under Hunnic rule...
@caitlinrgreen Fascinating read! IMHO most maps of who-ruled-what in 5th C Europe are oversimplified; reality prob was much more fluid.
@caitlinrgreen Whole region seems a fractured soup, where Saxon-, Goth-, "Roman-" & Hun-led factions rose & dissolved constantly.
@STORI3D_PAST Indeed, tho Peter Heather has some interesting points in how a sense of 'tribe' could survive this--they disappear+reappear!
@caitlinrgreen > so reference to Huns could be to overlord rather than tribe?
@JohnNewsham1 Agree that Priscus ref could be to either---w/ both options being interesting!---but Bede+finds+Scandinavian context suggests>
@JohnNewsham1 > potential for an actual Hunnic presence too, & def some evidence for non-'ASs' in 5thC Britain :)
@caitlinrgreen Agreed; surrender to overwhelming sources :-)
Isn't History fun though
@JohnNewsham1 well, case is speculative, but that's my reading of what we have! :)
@caitlinrgreen I'm always amazed at the amount of contact/movement there was, anything was possible and the unexpected becomes a probable
@JohnNewsham1 Absolutely! Makes it so much more interesting! :)
@caitlinrgreen that's very interesting
@ben_machell thanks :)
@caitlinrgreen Interesting, lust wonder how much of empire was Hun controlled and how much just tribes giving fealty- fall apart quickly >
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