@Archatgs @caitlinrgreen @medievalhistory global picture of a paneuropean not-roman world yet w/similar cultural background
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@morangles @Archatgs > key study going into much more detail is by Oliver Padel in 1994, and Nick Higham wrote a good book in 2002 :) - 1 more reply
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@caitlinrgreen @Archatgs could you gve us what irritated you as nice to have the full 360* picture -
@morangles @Archatgs In general, is a thought-provoking 'outsider' view of period & v useful for that--lots of new ideas to think and chew > -
@morangles @Archatgs > over. Lack of proper scholarly apparatus & hand-waving generalisations w/out proper ref to other views/backing up/ > -
@morangles @Archatgs > refs is my main issue, however--further, in general is v idiosyncratic+one-sided, not fully au fait in places w/ AS > -
@morangles @Archatgs > & Celticist research, plus odd interpretations of Gildas's superbus tyrannus and some aspects of AngSax arch etc > -
@morangles @Archatgs > (eg IIRC he puts a major early AS centre where hardly any pre-Viking 'Germanic' material etc). I guess what am > -
@morangles @Archatgs > saying is=fascinating read w/ ideas, but be cautious! :) -
@caitlinrgreen @Archatgs as per xfiles the truth is out there ... and in-between! 5thC Britain+most 6thC is a slate waiting to be deciphered - 2 more replies
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@caitlinrgreen @Archatgs This is why you are the real beacon knowledge for us simple amateurs we would not know abt crediting prev researchThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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