tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post435088629825133989..comments2024-03-27T20:09:00.283-04:00Comments on Tenkar's Tavern: Kickstarter - Wolves of God: Adventures in Dark Ages EnglandTenkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05159289652051155824noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-72366059767821602802019-10-11T06:45:32.130-04:002019-10-11T06:45:32.130-04:00See Robin Fleming, _Britain After Rome_ for the mo...See Robin Fleming, _Britain After Rome_ for the most up-to-date stuff on this period.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581075774319858322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-74359443457999515182019-10-10T13:30:18.609-04:002019-10-10T13:30:18.609-04:00While it's true that a simplistic model of Eng...While it's true that a simplistic model of English Hordes sweeping over the sea as a monolithic bloc isn't supported by the archaeology, there do seem to be portions of England that got the invasion treatment all the same- or at least a methodical purge of the existing inhabitants rather than any signs of intermarriage and absorption. Either the Britons decamped en masse from these areas or the English simply killed them all... and Gildas is pretty good evidence that the latter was a real option on the table. Unless we take his descriptions as pure flights of fancy, the English really did slaughter huge numbers of inhabitants, and since Gildas was writing to an audience with living memory of events it seems implausible that he would be painting pictures they wouldn't have recognized.<br /><br />The most plausible model I've seen starts with the existing Roman-era English settlements of foederati serving as nuclei for addition immigration from the Continent, with local British tyrants and remnants of Roman authority utilizing them as muscle. Eventually the English became sufficiently numerous and aggressive as to either kill the Britons in an area or subjugate them so completely as to effectively erase their culture.Sine Nominehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335794366582322514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-72289527838634251022019-10-10T06:20:07.159-04:002019-10-10T06:20:07.159-04:00Looks fun. Just a FYI that the invasion model of p...Looks fun. Just a FYI that the invasion model of post-Roman Britain has been rejected by scholars for 20 years. (Invasion model= invasion by angles, saxons, jutes, etc.). The archaeology doesn't support it.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09581075774319858322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-12839353134083964392019-10-10T01:31:04.564-04:002019-10-10T01:31:04.564-04:00Waiting for this for so long. Thank you. Next plea...Waiting for this for so long. Thank you. Next please.Elle Benthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08588121736112770348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-29406675580711065162019-10-09T20:00:56.269-04:002019-10-09T20:00:56.269-04:00Whoop! Been waiting for this!
Whoop! Been waiting for this!<br />Tim Sniderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17390608104314125626noreply@blogger.com