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URL:https://historyfare.co.uk/events/bretwaldas-of-anglo-saxon-england/
SUMMARY:Bretwaldas of Anglo-Saxon England
DESCRIPTION:For our November talk we welcome back guest speaker David Harve
 y who will be talking to us about the Bretwaldas of Anglo-Saxon England an
 d focusing on local kings and battles.\n\nDavid did this talk earlier in t
 he summer for the Battlefields Trust and by all accounts\, it was very wel
 l received.\n\nOur limited information of a history of a ‘dark age’ es
 tablished a reasonable narrative of post Roman rule of Britannia. A few Ge
 rmanic elite Saxons\, Angles and Jutes settled and dominated the Britons. 
 In this talk the overlord Bretwalda’s of the period are examined in thei
 r alliances and warfare\, with particular focus on Raedwald and Edwin. The
  second part of this talk examines new significant information to the sett
 lement debate – were they a minority elite or whole Germanic tribes?&nbs
 p\;\n\nThere’s a saying ‘never let facts get in the way of a good stor
 y’ however David believes truth holds a more revealing narrative than me
 rely an exciting story. Radical scientific advances are enabling accepted 
 theories of past times and their recorded histories to be reassessed. It s
 eems likely wholescale revisions of history are consequential to new analy
 sis of physical traces of the past.\n\nDavid graduated from the School of 
 Archaeology and Ancient History at Leicester University in 2012\, he uses 
 his familiarity with modern archaeological techniques to provide fresh ins
 ights into battlefields as turning points in history.\n\nHe became an accr
 edited guide\, with the International Guild of Battlefield Guides in 2013 
 and is also a director on their board.
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CATEGORIES:Anglo-Saxon,dark ages,History Talk,Local History,Military
 History
LOCATION:Melton Mowbray RAF Association Tornado Club\, 24 Asfordby Road\, M
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