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Early History of Britain

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What are some /his/ approved books on the early history of Britain? Any books in the same vein as John Julius Norwhich's work on Byzantium?
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>>3356855
how early we talking?
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Geoffrey Ashe
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>>3356855
In Search of the Dark Ages
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>>3356907
>>3356919
These look good, thanks

>>3356882
I'd like to get a clearer picture of the time surrounding the Saxon invasion.
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>>3356855
That armour is aesthetic as fuck but kinda dopey
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>>3356855
>What are some /his/ approved books on the early history of Britain?

Any of the books by Joseph and Frances Gies, starting with the four “Life In A Medieval…” books.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_and_Joseph_Gies
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>>3356855
is arthur celtic or anglo?
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>>3359027
He was a Romano-Briton fighting against Anglos invaders.
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>>3356855
>John Julius Norwhich's work on Byzantium?
You mean a shitty outdated amalgamation of history written by someone who lacks scholarly background?
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I recommend "The Lords of Battle: Image and Reality of the Comitatus in Dark-Age Britain" by Stephen S. Evans and "Warlords: The Struggle for Power in Post-Roman Britain" by Stuart Laycock.
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>>3359282
Warlords looks perfect, downloaded the ebook I'll give it a look in the morning.
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>>3356855
wace and layamon
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>>3359027
Celtic in essence and origin but raised into literature by the ((((English)))) and French.
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1066: The Year of the Conquest
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>>3356855
John Morris' The Age of Arthur. It's hilariously optimistic but also very interesting.
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>>3356855
Just read wikipedia fag
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>>3361503
Spoken like a true /his/torian.
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