History of Medieval England - Thursday 6th Period: Discussion 2: Dark Ages Britain

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

All right. So we touched briefly on King Arthur of gloriously fake memory, Alfred the Great who actually lived, and Anglo-Saxon Britain. Now it's time to talk.

Your homework, which should sound familiar already is to select a topic from your readings and cut and paste give me at least 100 words. Ready, steady, go.

[[OOC: OCD threads are up, go ahead.]]

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Re: DISCUSSION Topic 3: Scandinavians invading Saxon Britain

[swerval_zero]

"Well, the Danegeld was...it was under the reign of Aethelred the Unready, wasn't it?" Zero consults her reading. "I think that's right. And he's pretty much known for being incompetent. Or, er. Unready."

Re: DISCUSSION Topic 3: Scandinavians invading Saxon Britain

[mparkerceo.livejournal.com]

"Or ten," Parker added. "Honestly. This is why monarchy is stupid. You get ten-year-olds who are supposed to be rulers. Who's good idea is that? All you get is jockeying behind the scenes, and no oversight of who's really making the decisions. Anyway, not the point. The Danegeld opened the door, and from then until they got another strong English king, the crown goes back and forth across the North Sea for a couple generations. This is a lot more complicated than I expected, honestly. They never mention Viking Kings of England in the movies. England always wins in those."