tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116934286156445335.post3646789833685434352..comments2023-11-03T22:10:31.991+13:00Comments on Vicky English's Camelot and Other Stuff: Maybe Camelot Wasn't off the Mark?Vickyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00651106209473639029noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116934286156445335.post-88025984932199549002010-10-07T07:46:55.258+13:002010-10-07T07:46:55.258+13:00When I studied Anglo-Saxon Art and Archaeology at ...When I studied Anglo-Saxon Art and Archaeology at Newcastle uni many moons ago,I heard of no Pictish sculptures or crosses in the north of England. I did learn about the Ruthwell and Bewcastle crosses and hog-back tombs, all with leanings towards the Viking influence. There were many centres of learning along the Tyne valley - Jarrow, for one. Pryor is a bit of a one-man industry, and after watching him claim time and again on the Time Team and other programmes that anything he doesn't understand is "ritual," I take his claims with a pinch of salr unless they're backed up by other historians.Jen Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12628305777383099281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116934286156445335.post-55742486151671439412010-10-05T18:29:07.005+13:002010-10-05T18:29:07.005+13:00If my memory serves me properly, the term "Da...If my memory serves me properly, the term "Dark Ages" was a product of the 18th century, where they arrogantly patted themselves on the back for their "Enlightenment", which they based on "reason" and Roman/Classical learning. Everything else they considered supersticion, hence the terms "Dark Ages" and "Middle Ages". They saw the Rennaissance as the rebirth of classical knowledge, hence the term. Peoples of those periods, of course, never used any of those terms.<br /><br />By the way, regarding dark skies, both the Anglo Saxon Chronicals and the Annales Cambriae record three days and nights in which the sun and moon were blocked from view, possibly due to the eruption of Krakatoa. As the two chronicals don't correlate in terms of the "years" in which common events were supposed to have happened, the darkening of the skies is one way you can make the two match up.Vickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00651106209473639029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116934286156445335.post-79777807863722246012010-10-05T08:16:19.474+13:002010-10-05T08:16:19.474+13:00As usual, fascinating! Thanks for sharing. This se...As usual, fascinating! Thanks for sharing. This seems to lend some credence to that "Secrets of the Dead" episode in which they postulated that "Dark" may have referred to literal dark skies, rather than a lack of education, etc.Victoria Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14012092208934951963noreply@blogger.com