The chronology of 5th century Britain

[Imperial Dave]

I agree as an aside re mainstream journalism. There is always a bias and the money men pull the strings

[Imperial Dave]

might be of use to some on here:

https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/issue.xhtml?recordId=1161453

[Anton]

Thanks Dave that's an excellent link. 

I see Brigamaglos is there.  I hadn't realised that some think he was a pal of St. Pat.  Whatever about that, his name could be read as potentially linking him to Dark's Martinian Revolution as in Koch's reading of Trawsganu Kynan Garwyn.  I must have a proper read of it all.

[Imperial Dave]

I am working my way through it all now....Also killing a tree to print it off for easy reference. A really good collection of material for the period and question at hand

[Imperial Dave]

not that I want to reopen a can of worms but here is an article defending Nennius...at least in relation to 3 key dates he gives (which overall leads to an earlier proposal for Vortigern et al)

[Imperial Dave]

I cant believe I have put my feet back into the rabbit hole. Been reading Frank Reno's Historic figures of the Arthurian era. A lot of it is on shaky grounds but there are some interesting proposals which have aligned with some of my thinking including amongst others that the Gewisse/Hwicce are essentially the same and 'grew up' in the South Midlands/West Country rather than fight there way there from the east

[Jim Webster]

I cant believe I have put my feet back into the rabbit hole. Been reading Frank Reno's Historic figures of the Arthurian era. A lot of it is on shaky grounds but there are some interesting proposals which have aligned with some of my thinking including amongst others that the Gewisse/Hwicce are essentially the same and 'grew up' in the South Midlands/West Country rather than fight there way there from the east

I was rescued from my last trip down the rabbit hole by stuff I had to read rather than wanted to

[Imperial Dave]

and I have bought another book by him....very counter orthodox thinking!

[DougM]

and I have bought another book by him....very counter orthodox thinking!

Nobody ever got published by agreeing with everyone that went before..   :0

[Imperial Dave]

aint that the truth.....Arthuriana is the pinnacle of that! 

[Jim Webster]

and I have bought another book by him....very counter orthodox thinking!

Nobody ever got published by agreeing with everyone that went before..   :0

Apparently German doctoral thesis were notorious were this

[Imperial Dave]

so I might be in a position to submit an article although it is sans pictures at the mo....

[Anton]

No harm in that.  I might be tempted to do the same or something related.

[Imperial Dave]

I wonder if the editor would run a 'series' of DA British articles.....could be fun

[Imperial Dave]

and I believe I did...

I might have to resurrect this thread with some of the stuff I have been reading about in the intervening 3 years....