@Karanthir @MariusHollenga > 'lack' of 5th-6thC textual evidence for Britons in east often treated similarly too, fwiw? (Btw, on 5th-6thC >
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I take your point, but I wouldn't treat either as a reliable source for 5th-6thC Frisia.
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Bede too far removed chronologically (by 8thC there undeniably were Frisians in that region)
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And Procopius working in Classical tradition which 'knew' there were Frisians in that region.
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Ah, but Procopius referring to them in Britain as immigrant group & apparently relying on Anglians actually >
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> present w/ Frankish delegation in mid-6thC Constantinople, so slightly different? & Bede says same fwiw... >
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> On other hand, def been suggested that both could be suspect as you suggest! (Though one might additionally >
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>wonder what evidence would be acceptable/not 'possibly suspect' to those who believe in empty Frisia?!? ;) ;) )
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This is why I try to keep an open mind ;-)
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This is not an angle I'd considered, crikey.
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Fwiw, my take on the Bede passage is here: possibly represents genuine tradition?? http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/07/were-there-huns-in-anglo-saxon-england.html …
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And brief mention of the Procopius passage here :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/05/anglo-saxon-finds-france-africa.html …
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