tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post36377839022673727..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: The Co-opting of the BritonsAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-44652226240923786062019-07-15T16:52:58.570-04:002019-07-15T16:52:58.570-04:00The Normans did have quite as much to offer in ter...The Normans did have quite as much to offer in terms of prestige, either, compared to Rome. Tacitus thought the Franks behaved similarly to the Britons, but I don't know their history. The Goths became pretty romanisedAssistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-23891194132528347002019-07-15T12:36:13.173-04:002019-07-15T12:36:13.173-04:00Sort of. The Scots were Celts too, but they were j...Sort of. The Scots were Celts too, but they were just as successful at absorbing the more-numerous Picts as the less-numerous Normans. But Robert the Bruce was Scot-Norman, as were many of the nobility of Scotland at that time. <br /><br />The Normans remained somewhat distinct in Ireland for centuries, though culturally they adopted Irish mores. Any “Fitz-*” name is Norman rather than Celtic in origin. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-80952772175413926112019-07-15T07:54:10.940-04:002019-07-15T07:54:10.940-04:00Those were Celts. The Normans couldn't repeat ...Those were Celts. The Normans couldn't repeat the process with the Anglo-Saxons, and it was the Normans who were absorbed.sykes.1https://www.blogger.com/profile/10954672321945289871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-68922752184588476732019-07-14T18:38:34.838-04:002019-07-14T18:38:34.838-04:00Hm. “Germania” is apparently a word my phone doesn...Hm. “Germania” is apparently a word my phone doesn’t know. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-72038416717733865692019-07-14T18:37:43.501-04:002019-07-14T18:37:43.501-04:00Tacitus’ Germanic is excellent and more commonly r...Tacitus’ <i>Germanic</i> is excellent and more commonly read, but this work is also quite good. He was a keen observer. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.com