IMC 2004: Sessions
Session 1511: Exploring Cultural Transition in Early Medieval England
Thursday 15 July 2004, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Hilton Shepherd Postgraduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Birmingham |
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| Organisers: | John Baker, Department of Medieval History, University of Birmingham Duncan Probert, Hilton Shepherd Postgraduate Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Birmingham |
| Moderator/Chair: | Alan Thacker, Institute of Historical Research, University of London |
| Paper 1511-a | Problems of Language Change in South-West England (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Geography and Settlement Studies, Language and Literature - Comparative, Onomastics |
| Paper 1511-b | British to Anglo-Saxon Transition in South-East England (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Geography and Settlement Studies, Onomastics |
| Paper 1511-c | From British to English Christianity: Deconstructing Bede's Interpretation of the Conversion (Language: English) Index terms: Archaeology - General, Ecclesiastical History, Geography and Settlement Studies, Onomastics |
| Abstract | It is increasingly clear that considerable local and regional variations existed in the nature and time-scale of the transition from post-Roman British to Anglo-Saxon society in what eventually became England. Cultural obliteration models are now regarded as suspect by most historians, archaeologists and toponymists, but the various theories of more (or at least partially) peaceful cultural fusion have yet to explain, for example, the almost total failure of the Britons to leave an impression on the English language. Are we dealing with a process of acculturation or a 'clash of cultures'? |