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This is a very 'big' reassessment of the Post-Roman period in England and indeed Europe. Fascinating.

Allamanda 8 Oct 29
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Seems like taking it too far in the other direction. If society in Britain was doing great all through the Middle Ages and experienced only slow, gradual change, there's no good explanation for (Celtic) British and Latin being replaced by (Germanic) English. Wikipedia summarizes the documentary evidence for Anglo-Saxon migration and rule in Britain and some of the scholarly debates: [en.wikipedia.org]

NeverSure Level 5 Nov 16, 2019

@Allamanda It wasn't drift but a pretty complete switch. Why would the Celtic languages become more fringe geographically than before just because the Romans withdrew?

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The thing about history is that it is not set in stone. As new evidence comes to light things are looked at anew. In most of the countries of Europe there was a boundary between the Roman areas and the barbaric areas. In England the northern border was Hadrian's Wall near Newcastle upon Tyne. When the Roman empire started to collapse in the 3rd/4th centuries ACE I suspect these areas started to merge.

JackPedigo Level 9 Oct 29, 2019

I tend, very often, to think when I look through British/English 'History' that the whole story has been written to illicit a kind of surge of sympathy from the reader based upon something akin to " Oh, those people, invaded and conquered ever so many times, so much were they oppressed and persecuted by those nasty, terrible, war-mongering WE MUST have very deep sympathy and understandings for them."
It is kind of like the 'alleged Persecutions' by the Ancient Romans that the Xrstians so tediously and regularly whine about, persecutions that costs thousands and thousands of Xrstian lives, those self-same persecutions that, Historically NEVER really occurred any way since Ancient Rome NEVER sought to crush out the beliefs of those it conquered, they did give a frog's fart IF you worshipped a bucket full of horse-shit or anything else for that matter, ALL that mattered to the Romans was that you gave your allegiance to the Emperor and the Empire and paid your taxes when required.
It has been proven ever so many times historically that the Romans would adopt and adapt the beliefs of others INTO their own religious beliefs, the Religion of Mithras is ONE prime example, it was very wide-spread throughout Asia Minor, the Romans conquered the areas and then adopted Mithras into their Pantheon of Gods and Goddesses just as they did with the Pantheon of Ancient Greek Gods and Goddesses as well as the many of the Celtic ones as well.
So, as they say on a certain television show, " Myth Busted" for the Xrstian Persecutions myths.

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So much for the Dark Ages. That should be a good read!

brentan Level 8 Oct 29, 2019

Yes indeed. I laughed when I first read your comment before realising it's not funny.

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Good to reevaluate as new evidence comes up .

Cast1es Level 9 Oct 29, 2019
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Though some may stayed adherent to their "adopted" ( forced even) Roman like ways, others, less romanized would have merely continued on as usual.
As for the so-called Anglo-Saxon Invasion, well there's been quite a few well known and well respected Historians and Archaeologists who have both found evidence and shown fairly clearly that the Invasion was more like an intermingling of migrants rather than an all out invasion/Conquest scenario.

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