11-28-2008, 03:17 PM
Quote:muskitear:caxwojlq Wrote:No he was a Jordy
Sadly, the evidence (cited elsewhere, entering the monastery at Monkwearmouth aged seven) might suggest he was a Mackem, rather than a Tackem. Always assuming that he wasn't like one of the 'Anglo-Saxon' burials at Bamburgh, which oxygen isotope analysis suggested was an immigrant from the west coast of Scotland. After all, the Synod of Whitby (which saw the end of Ionan 'Celtic' Christianity) only predated Bede by some eight years. Anybody care to take up the Scottishness of Beda? Thought not... ;-) )
Mike Bishop
Good point Sir.I'd forgotten about those finds.Wonder if anyone did a DNA test on them?
Still it wouldn't of answered the question about Bede but does show that things aren't as clear cut as they sometimes seem.
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John
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
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John
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
