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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Re: DISCUSSION 2: Medieval English History: Roman Britain

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Oh, that makes sense. Money usually figures into it somewhere. I'm not sure if the impressing worked a lot if they kept getting attacked regardless of the wall, though."

Re: DISCUSSION 2: Medieval English History: Roman Britain

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"They also needed to awe the population on the south side," Elizabeth pointed out. "The further north they got, the more hostile people were and it's not changed omg."

Re: DISCUSSION 2: Medieval English History: Roman Britain

[cameronmitchell.livejournal.com]

"Right," Cameron nodded, "which Boudicca proved too. You're smart."

Re: DISCUSSION 2: Medieval English History: Roman Britain

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"So," Parker said slowly, "it was a revenue maker, and a way to show the southern tribes, 'hey, we're doing something about those nuts in Scotland.' If that was the purpose, I guess it was more successful, since England remained more Romanized."

Re: DISCUSSION 2: Medieval English History: Roman Britain

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

"Well, yeah. The Scottish nuts were a threat to English tribes as well. The thing was, the Romans were good leaders. It helped unify all these tribes, and gave them something to strive for - Roman citizenship."

Re: DISCUSSION 2: Medieval English History: Roman Britain

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

"The question is, are the differences between, say, Scotland and England there because England was under Roman control at one point and Scotland wasn't, or because England later was conquered by a culture that had been even more Romanized? For instance, it is generally accepted that Rome spread Christianity around Europe. How does that then explain the fact that Scots and Irish missionaries -- from cultures not under Rome's political control -- were responsible for Christianizing most of modern-day England -- as well as a signifigant amount of continental Europe."

Re: DISCUSSION 2: Medieval English History: Roman Britain

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Christianity wasn't a significant force in Rome until, what? The fourth century? Which was just about the time they lost contact with Britain on a regular basis," Parker said, thinking aloud. "How did Christianity get to Ireland, then? Leaving aside the Joseph of Arimathea story."