Re: [tied] Re: Scientific Nationalism?

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 9094
Date: 2001-09-06

 
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> In my own country's history, when did the Anglo Saxons stop being a tribe? 

The moment they became the Anglo-Saxons (or Angelcynn, or whatever you call the resultant unity). Whereas þêodcyningas like Hengest and Horsa were perhaps tribal chiefs, I think Alfred the Great can quite legitimately be regarded as a national leader.
 
Piotr