Savages and howling barbarians​…

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The Sea Cat Jan 13, 2011 12:53:02
Replying to Littlestone

Excellent piece!

I remember my school books as a child, depicting our 'barabarian' ancestors before the good old midget mediterranean miltary goons hit town and 'civilised' us, according to and in support of the Victorian/Edwardian Empirical interests.
The fact that Celts had existing road systems to be co-opted, let alone stunning artistic capabilities that were admired across the then known world, the mathematical and astronomical genius of the megalthic builders, both here and in other cultures, etc & etc ad infinitum....

Bravo.


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L Littlestone
Littlestone Jan 13, 2011 14:50:10
Replying to The Sea Cat

Thanks TSC.

It’s the old story isn’t it – anything too far outside conventional thinking can’t possibly have been as good, let alone in many cases superior, to the norm. So until Sutton Hoo came along and showed us the magnificence of Anglo-Saxon jewellery and workmanship a whole age of our history was written off as ‘Dark’. Ditto the magnificence of Celtic artwork.

It goes on... quite recently I had an argument with a Greek friend over the quality of Anglo-Saxon metal work. He just couldn’t accept that AS swords were capable of achieving and edge sharper than a modern surgeon’s scalpel – as good as anything made in the Far East and perfectly balanced.

So bravo the TMAers who continue to bravely go where few have gone before! :-)