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The chronology of 5th century Britain

Started by Justin Swanton, August 19, 2021, 08:59:12 AM

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Imperial Dave

I agree as an aside re mainstream journalism. There is always a bias and the money men pull the strings
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Imperial Dave

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Anton

Thanks Dave that's an excellent link. 

I see Brigamaglos is there.  I hadn't realised that some think he was a pal of St. Pat.  Whatever about that, his name could be read as potentially linking him to Dark's Martinian Revolution as in Koch's reading of Trawsganu Kynan Garwyn.  I must have a proper read of it all.

Imperial Dave

I am working my way through it all now....Also killing a tree to print it off for easy reference. A really good collection of material for the period and question at hand
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Imperial Dave

not that I want to reopen a can of worms but here is an article defending Nennius...at least in relation to 3 key dates he gives (which overall leads to an earlier proposal for Vortigern et al)
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Imperial Dave

I cant believe I have put my feet back into the rabbit hole. Been reading Frank Reno's Historic figures of the Arthurian era. A lot of it is on shaky grounds but there are some interesting proposals which have aligned with some of my thinking including amongst others that the Gewisse/Hwicce are essentially the same and 'grew up' in the South Midlands/West Country rather than fight there way there from the east
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Jim Webster

Quote from: Holly on October 15, 2021, 11:17:18 AM
I cant believe I have put my feet back into the rabbit hole. Been reading Frank Reno's Historic figures of the Arthurian era. A lot of it is on shaky grounds but there are some interesting proposals which have aligned with some of my thinking including amongst others that the Gewisse/Hwicce are essentially the same and 'grew up' in the South Midlands/West Country rather than fight there way there from the east

I was rescued from my last trip down the rabbit hole by stuff I had to read rather than wanted to

Imperial Dave

and I have bought another book by him....very counter orthodox thinking!
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DougM

Quote from: Holly on October 15, 2021, 04:33:28 PM
and I have bought another book by him....very counter orthodox thinking!

Nobody ever got published by agreeing with everyone that went before..   :0
"Let the great gods Mithra and Ahura help us, when the swords are loudly clashing, when the nostrils of the horses are a tremble,...  when the strings of the bows are whistling and sending off sharp arrows."  http://aleadodyssey.blogspot.com/

Imperial Dave

aint that the truth.....Arthuriana is the pinnacle of that!  ;D
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Jim Webster

Quote from: DougM on October 15, 2021, 06:33:56 PM
Quote from: Holly on October 15, 2021, 04:33:28 PM
and I have bought another book by him....very counter orthodox thinking!

Nobody ever got published by agreeing with everyone that went before..   :0

Apparently German doctoral thesis were notorious were this

Imperial Dave

so I might be in a position to submit an article although it is sans pictures at the mo....
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Anton

No harm in that.  I might be tempted to do the same or something related.

Imperial Dave

I wonder if the editor would run a 'series' of DA British articles.....could be fun
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