10-01-2009, 08:50 AM
Quote:until the Britons were pushed into isolated enclaves in Cornwall, Wales and the northwest. .
Except they weren't of course. The majority of people stayed pretty much where they were, working the land and taking on the language and culture of the new dominant military/political force. That's what the archaeology (and genetical analysis) seems to tell us, regardless of whatever that froth-mouthed old loon Gildas might say.
"Medicus" Matt Bunker
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