Britain, the Byzantine Empire & the Saxon 'Heptarchy': a L9thC Arabic description of Britain http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/04/heptarchy-harun-ibn-yahya.html …pic.twitter.com/y94Zs3zzvF
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My reading of him is that he's associating it with the name Ætla, not the specific bishop named that :) Fwiw, is not impossible both Ætla >
> of Dorchester & the other Ætlas are named ultimately after Attila as not OE name, but whether all were named consciously... Hmm! ;)
Yeah it's a good question. I've often wondered if Bede's reference to the Saxons burning and pillaging across Britain actually refers (1/2)
To Attila's invasion of Gaul and he wrote in 'Saxons' and 'Britain' instead. (2/2).
Hah! Interesting idea! Bede is cribbing from Gildas here; however, is an interesting question if Gildas is echoing continental authors here…
Gildas or Bede, whichever one suggests the Saxons were carving a swathe of destruction across Britain, which isn't supported by archaeology.
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