
Hinge Points S2E1: Dog-gone-erland
Chapo Trap House
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The Integration of England and the Western Roman Empire in the Early Middle Ages
Early English history is defined by these warring factions, these small kingdoms that are all competing against each other to form a national identity. The application of a heavier application of Roman infrastructure then gives England itself the political area of it a more integration on itself. I mean, and that has knock-on effects with if you think about like quote unquote Muslim Spain,. If there's this integrated territory, maybe you don't have the fracturing of the Western Roman Empire as it was originally conceived.
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