@caitlinrgreen There's good reason, though, why it's the Matter of Britain, not of England. Geoffrey's last line laments Æthelstan's reign.
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Replying to @holland_tom
@holland_tom So it is about definitions! ;) They have to be writing about the Anglo-Saxons & be pro-Anglo-Saxon...! >1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@holland_tom > But Medieval English history not so neat ;) See the most popular vernacular history, the 15thC Middle English Brut: runs >2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @caitlinrgreen
@caitlinrgreen Yes, all identity is fluid, blah blah, but Geoffrey is self-consciously writing a history that is not English. That's his gig1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@caitlinrgreen I think, in that context, it's as perverse to define him as English as it would be to define Bede as Welsh.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@holland_tom I think you have a very restrictive definition here, lol! There's no solid evidence for Geoffrey's origins, he wrote in Latin >1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @caitlinrgreen
@caitlinrgreen Only because the period in which he is writing is crucial to the development of English/Welsh/British identity.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@caitlinrgreen It's precisely the period when English/Welsh identity IS becoming more restrictive - & Geoffrey's important in that process.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@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-- >1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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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...2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@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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