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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Suggested that context of Hun refs is that 5thC Britain saw not just 'Angles, Saxons+Jutes' present, but also perhaps Scandinavians, Goths >
> Suebi,Taifali,Frisians,Thuringians--potentially a complex situation (pic=Visigothic brooch, http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/projects/kent/ctrl/springhead/brooch/brooch-zoom.html …)pic.twitter.com/Fk1ELI6JZZ
@caitlinrgreen not surprising, given that most of the Germania tribes were conglomerates under dominant tribal leadership. Cf Peter Heather.
@BirgittaHoffman Absolutely---it's a key point! :)
A L5th/E6thC silver-gilt Frankish arm-ring w/ a lion or horse’s head, found Wrotham, Kent: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/3451 …pic.twitter.com/j2g3jvWuYf
A lovely L5th-E6thC Visigothic iron brooch found at Springhead, Kent, in 2000: http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/projects/kent/ctrl/springhead/post_ex.html …pic.twitter.com/AVmprJ46Zw
Hispano-Visigothic buckle plate, c.600–720, of a type common in Spain+Portugal, found Kent: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/138732 …pic.twitter.com/oC0PPOe23Z
I take it proves trade routes were vibrant. A lot more vibrant than we take them to have been
Oh, I think they definitely were—otherwise, how to explain not only the goods but the isotopic evidence for long-distance migrants in western Britain and Anglo-Saxon England!? :)
Exactly it is frustrating so many are buying the Merovingian darkness when in reality it was vibrant
It really shows how effective Carolingian, and then "Renaissance", propaganda was in shaping our notions of the past.
Look at Bede who denied Penda bretwalda status. Rather nothing than admit a pagan overlord
@caitlinrgreen What its origin do you think?
@Archatgs Both parallels suggest is a Scandinavian object reflecting L5th/6thC links noted by Hines :)
@caitlinrgreen am I right in thinking the Estonians were completely different to the North Germanic peoples?
@MarkBrierley1 There are Scand dress ornaments+evidence of pre-Viking activity on E of Baltic, eg discussion in http://www.oapen.org/download?type=document&docid=423944 … :)
@caitlinrgreen this is why I'm thinking pre Hansa trade into Eldia (leeds) - York up the Humber and down the Trent etc
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