Crossing the Waters: Britain in the Dark Age
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
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What Do We Know About the Arrival of the Anglo Saxons?
There is no consensus at all that anything like this happened, or that we can even call the arrival of the anglo saxons an invasion. New forms of metal working and new artistic styles started to show up in britain in the four hundreds and increasingly in the five hundreds. There are some very famous examples, such as the tremendous ord at sutton ho in southeastern england which seems to date probably from the five hundred. It does seem as if the people who practised these burials were warlike, or at least embraced and celebrated symbols of war, like horses, weapons and boats. Some of the greatest items were actually buried in an entire intact boat, much like you would
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