Brookes, Stuart;
(2024)
‘Anglo-Saxon’ identity: a critique from the graveside.
In: Plumb, Oisín and Sanmark, Alexandra, (eds.)
Alternative Facts and Plausible Fictions in the Northern European Past: How Politics and Culture Have Written and Rewritten History.
Brepols: Turnhout, Belgium.
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Abstract
Today, the term ‘Anglo-Saxon’ is used in a number of ways – to label economic, legal and political positions, describe ethnic and cultural origins, or to characterize particular attitudes and values. But was early medieval ‘Anglo-Saxon’ society really a homogenous or unified peoples sharing a common world view? This paper explores three of the contemporary ideas commonly conflated with ‘Anglo-Saxon’ identity: masculinity as expressed particularly through martial ability; purity/nobility as a characteristic of Englishness; exceptionalist notions concerning the relationships between Anglo-Saxons and other communities in the British Isles, focusing particularly on the issue of territorial identity. This essay then describes some recent events and urges a revision of the vocabulary of early medieval studies.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | ‘Anglo-Saxon’ identity: a critique from the graveside |
| ISBN-13: | 978-2-503-60575-3 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503605753-... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author submitted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Anglo-Saxon; archaeology; early medieval; late Roman; burial practices; ethnicity; historiography |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10122644 |
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