@holland_tom > English rulers to justify ambitions in L12/E13thC & 16thC etc... & when challenged by Polydore V in 16thC it was vigorously >
@holland_tom Yes and no---*if* Harke et al right, then v much more restrictive in pre-Viking era. But again, it's a definition thing-- >
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@holland_tom > If you only want ppl who have a pro-English outlook & write about the English, then he doesn't fit... -
@holland_tom ...but he is clearly a great, vastly influential historian working in England whose work was defended as true English history >
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