Or was he real at all? It reminds me of the search for the “historical” Niall of the Nine Hostages...https://twitter.com/EarlyScotland/status/650601834965561344 …
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Replying to @PeritiaEditors
@PeritiaEditors Agreed. I share your scepticism.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @EarlyScotland
@EarlyScotland it’s funny how a new “real” Arthur theory comes round every few years...1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @PeritiaEditors
@PeritiaEditors@EarlyScotland **agrees entirely**1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @caitlinrgreen
@caitlinrgreen@EarlyScotland I’ve always found the lack of Arthur in Gildas telling. Though dating & situating Gildas =#canofworms2 replies 1 retweet 3 likes -
Replying to @PeritiaEditors
@PeritiaEditors@EarlyScotland Yes, it certainly is suggestive, I find--tho' so too is the general presentation of Arthur in the early >1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @caitlinrgreen
@PeritiaEditors@EarlyScotland >Welsh etc material, as Oliver Padel long ago observed! Gildas difficult for those reasons+as not historian,>2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@PeritiaEditors@EarlyScotland > but it's still worth noting! Fwiw, I find it fascinating how ppl so keen to 'find' a 'historical Arthur' &>2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @caitlinrgreen
@PeritiaEditors@EarlyScotland >amount of 'linguistic ingenuity' expended on search! For me, Jackson's 1946 concerns on this still relevant!1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @caitlinrgreen
@caitlinrgreen@EarlyScotland must re-read Jackson. There is always something (except for his uncharacteristic “window on the iron age”)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@PeritiaEditors @EarlyScotland Definitely! That article in particular is so important but often mentioned only in passing! :)
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