@caitlinrgreen @Rachel5742 This said Badon sounds like a Bryttonic echo of Catalaunian Plains battle up to Roman/post Roman participants
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@morangles@Rachel5742 Well, it depends on *why^ Gildas mentions it.... Was it because important, or just because in year or birth, or....5 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@caitlinrgreen@morangles given the British context and proximity to events one assume a significant event.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Rachel5742@morangles Don't disagree, but debated by several writers; made more difficult by most later refs being derivative of Gildas...!3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@caitlinrgreen@morangles what period were the Welsh annals from? They are a separate thread are they not?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@Rachel5742@morangles So Alcock used to argue, but no longer so seen---usually linked to 9thC HB and prob 10thC in date :(1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@Rachel5742@morangles Fwiw key text = K. Grabowski+D. N. Dumville, Chronicles and Annals of Medieval Ireland and Wales (Woodbridge 1984) :)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@caitlinrgreen@morangles where do you stand on the possibility that Arthurian tales relate to the earlier period of Vortigern in the 5th c?2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes -
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@Rachel5742@morangles Fwiw, I would see the main Arthurian tales as folkloric and the historical aspects as derivative of Ambrosius :)1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
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@caitlinrgreen@morangles Was the economy not more fragmented under Ambrosius than Vortigern and therefore the capacity to fight less?3 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
@Rachel5742 @morangles Not sure direct link between RB economy+this! In any case, church in Lincoln forum rebuilt c.L5thC for 100 ppl... ;)
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@caitlinrgreen@morangles Was general question never sure how to post properly! Lol.0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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