History of Medieval England - Thursday 6th Period: Discussion 1: Introduction and Pre-history to 500

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

Good afternoon, class. Now I get to torture you all by making you all stand up and introduce yourselves to your classmates. This is because I'm sadistic want to get you used to the concept of talking during our discussion sessions. Please give your name and what one thing you'd like to find out in this class.

Your homework, due next Tuesday but to be posted in this post is to pick a topic from the once-optional-now-mandatory reading list I gave you on Prehistoric Britain and Roman Britain and give me ETA a minimum of one hundred Wikipedia words on it. Got it? Good.

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Comments

Re: TALKING IN CLASS: Medieval English History

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"It makes sense to try to keep the nomadic, non roman loving tribes, from wandering into your little piece of the country by building a fence. Or in this case a stone wall..."

Re: TALKING IN CLASS: Medieval English History

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"And I suppose there was, as Liz said, the intimidation factor. I would've just climbed over it, but I suppose that any battlement where you can't see what's on the other side can provide a deterrent."

Re: TALKING IN CLASS: Medieval English History

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Not to mention the Roman soldiers they had patrolling it."

Re: TALKING IN CLASS: Medieval English History

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Sure, but like Cam said, they weren't doing the best job ever, at least at the end of the Roman occupation. Something that takes resources and manpower away from your central supply line sounds like it's always going to be the first thing cut."

Re: TALKING IN CLASS: Medieval English History

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"That was the first death knell of Rome though, or at least, it's certainly been considered it."