The British History Podcast 80 – Bloodletting
Mar 18, 2013
The podcast discusses the emergence of regional cultural groups in post-Roman Britain, migration and expansion, succession and instability in the North, power shifts and succession of kings in Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, and conflicts and changing kingdoms on the island
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Regional Cultures Emerged Quickly
- Regional cultural groups formed from geography, politics, wealth, and fashion during the Migration Period.
- These groups diverged from sub-Roman and continental Germanic cultures into distinct communities.
Climate And Plague Drove Conflict
- Natural disasters and plague around the mid-6th century destabilized societies and likely increased violence.
- The host links climatic events and plague to later political and military upheavals.
Silence In Records Is Not Always Peace
- Gaps or silence in records may hide defeats, disease impact, or deliberate omissions by chroniclers.
- Jamie stresses that source bias and poor dating complicate interpretations of apparent inactivity.