This is worth a read for recent finds from Late Antique Tintagel (5th-7thC AD) & British-Byzantine contacts...http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/king-arthur-castle-cornwall-tintagel-dark-ages-palace-camelot-a7168761.html …
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...on the downside, repeated ref to 'Dark Ages' & nonsense about how excavations will be of interest to "Arthurian studies"...
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...On "Arthurian studies" & Tintagel, really nothing worth adding since Oliver Padel + Charles Thomas wrote c.25yrs ago: connection...
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....good for tourism, but not historical etc etc etc: see Arthur of the Welsh (Cardiff, 1991) & Tintagel: Arthur+Archaeology (London, 1993).
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On 'Dark Ages', English Heritage for some reason seen to like, but most ppl who research period really don't...https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/744822366643990528 …
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Thought term 'Dark Ages' no longer used at all? Been proven/being proven how un-dark they were, no?
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most researchers happy to avoid as deeply unhelpful, but English Heritage like & often finds supports in ppl who don't study era!
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They are beginning to have a rethink after a bit of persuasion as noted in the latest EH magazine.
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Yes, v interesting! I think they'd be wise to do so, esp as their 'source' (Dark) even disagrees! ;)
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