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Don't call me Anglo-Saxon

Discussion in 'Alley of Lingering Sighs' started by Iago, Feb 21, 2006.

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  1. T2Bruno

    T2Bruno The only source of knowledge is experience Distinguished Member ★ SPS Account Holder Adored Veteran New Server Contributor [2012] (for helping Sorcerer's Place lease a new, more powerful server!) Torment: Tides of Numenera SP Immortalizer (for helping immortalize Sorcerer's Place in the game!)

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    T2Bruno, Mar 3, 2006
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  2. DarkStrider

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    @Aldeth Anglicisation, Anglican is pertaning to the anglish particularly the Church of England
     
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  3. Chandos the Red

    Chandos the Red This Wheel's on Fire

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    You forgot the Vikings - the term "Viking" is actually "raider" or, "to go raiding." Despite the fact that there were few Normans in England, they held the levers of power and changed Anglo-Saxon society a great deal. French was spoken in the English Court until the time of Edward III. The Hundred Years War created the rise of English nationalsim (not in a modern sense) but transformed the Norman Court into something different - which was English (this is about the time of Chaucer (the Canterbury Tales), which means that they were speaking and writing in Middle English.

    The "golden age" of Anglo-Saxon society is really something different and centers around King Alfred, the Great, and the resistance to the Viking invaders, and helped to create a stronger sense of "Englishness" in the population, which is still felt today. The novel _Ivanhoe_, although the setting is the time of King Richard (the Lionheart) illustrates quite well the tension between the Anglo-Saxons and Norman rulers, who were seen as usurpers by many in the native population. The odd thing is that King Richard I really thought of himself as a Frenchman, not an Englishman.
     
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