muckles:
whisperingsmith:
Been here longer than the Poles & EE but still haven’t fully integrated
When did the Anglo-Saxons invade Britain?Sad that this written from an Anglo/Saxo/Invaders viewpoint as they could not have invaded England as England gets its name from them: Angleland/Ingerland - they invaded Briton or Big Britain(Grande Bretagne) & now want to leave their cousins via Brexit
You couldn’t make it up if it wasn’t for the Mail, The Sun, The star & numerous other Billionaire publications for the masses
Many historians and archaeologists now believe (backed up by DNA studies) that the Anglo Saxons far from invading and wiping out the existing post Roman population actually ended up living alongside them and then mixing with them, so actually they did fully integrate.
It seems the Normans and Romans didn’t leave much genetic trace in the population suggesting they didn’t intergrate, instead formed a ruling elite that stuck to it’s own.
As for Brexit, my understanding is that its about leaving a political system, not a geographical area and It’s only a few nutters who are still fighting WWII who want to isolate themselves from the peoples of Europe.
True – England as an entity didn’t exist. For administration purposes the Romans divided the country (ie. The Land Mass) into 3: The bit they ruled (essentially the south east and midlands), the bits that wouldn’t lie down (all the bits south of the wall apart from that), and all the bits they couldn’t control at all (the rest). Hadrian’s wall was an administrative barrier and marker… nothing more.
Apart from that, even when the Romans left, this was far from being a homogeneous country; Atrebates, Belgae, Cantiaci,
Catuvellauni, Dobunni, Dumnonii, Cornovii, Durotriges, Regnenses. ---- and that’s just the tribes from below a line from the Wash to the Severn. Add in all the tribes from further north (Brigantes et al), then Picts, Celts, Attacotti etc (from north of where the border is now).
The Myth perpetuating England (a term which is still offensive to many!) as a solid is a very modern and media thing.