tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692633034072436530.post4068495920722036001..comments2023-05-22T20:46:29.113+01:00Comments on Clas Merdin: Tales from the Enchanted Island: Once Upon a Time in the North.......Edward Watsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11897445465538125504noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692633034072436530.post-11959848722783006132016-08-19T19:27:32.793+01:002016-08-19T19:27:32.793+01:00Data Void?
"Their leader was Ambrosius Aureli...Data Void?<br />"Their leader was Ambrosius Aurelianus, a gentleman who, perhaps alone of the Romans, had survived the shock of this notable storm: certainly his parents, who had worn the purple, were slain in it. His descendants in our day have become greatly inferior to their grandfather's excellence. Under him our people regained their strength, and challenged the victors to battle. Edward Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897445465538125504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692633034072436530.post-62177590016789352482016-08-18T19:13:58.275+01:002016-08-18T19:13:58.275+01:00I've never understood the historian-establishm...I've never understood the historian-establishment's dismissal of Arthur. The whole period of the Dark Ages is called that for a reason: scant information. There's a data void.<br /><br />But some things are generally accepted, including the Anglo-Saxon encroachment into the British Isles. Whether that encroachment was an outright "invasion" or instead a matter of gradual Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692633034072436530.post-77521701602439101372016-05-11T22:32:43.441+01:002016-05-11T22:32:43.441+01:00Pardon?Pardon?Prehistoric Arthurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18220495034557841585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692633034072436530.post-54143489733458962292016-01-30T17:36:50.380+00:002016-01-30T17:36:50.380+00:00I understand your take on this, having a slight fa...I understand your take on this, having a slight familiarity with current scholarly opinion. <br /><br />But my question is: why do all the authors 410-1200 seem to be trying to fool us, but only when we cannot verify their claims? But then, when we CAN verify LATER medieval authors, they seem to be much more truthful, albeit biased?<br />IOW, why do medievals lie only when we cannot check up on Edwin Pacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07420695059797338850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692633034072436530.post-18702568458674838252015-10-03T12:15:54.482+01:002015-10-03T12:15:54.482+01:00Hello Frank, conversely positive identification of...Hello Frank, conversely positive identification of the battle sites as Dr Breeze claims does not prove Arthur was a historical person, Strathclyde general or otherwise.<br />EdEdward Watsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11897445465538125504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2692633034072436530.post-14601562964407192612015-10-02T21:25:27.496+01:002015-10-02T21:25:27.496+01:00I tend to agree that the battle sites are probably...I tend to agree that the battle sites are probably beyond identification but that does not necessarily provide evidence against a historical Arthur.Frank Millarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09856001998697668114noreply@blogger.com