Re: [tied] Re: The Vlach Connection

george knysh wrote:

> --- S & L <mbusines@...> wrote:
>> Try to read Alexandru Madgearu's "Continuitate si
>> dicontinuitate culturala
>> la Dunarea de Jos in sec. VII-VIII", 255 pg, Editura
>> Universitatii din
>> Bucuresti, Bucuresti, 1997.
>
> *****GK: I'm afraid I don't have this. Could you give
> us a brief summary of its theses? Does it provide
> evidence of cultural continuity between "Roman Dacia"
> south of the Danube, and the territories north of the
> Danube later populated by Romanians? Remember that
> this is the main argument of "The Vlach connection",
> viz., that a substantial and continuous population
> movement from "Roman Dacia" towards Transylvania and
> adjacent areas after 602 AD (and long before the 12th
> c.)is what explains (or could explain) the transition
> from the older Dacian speech to the Romanian speech
> north of the Danube.*****

George, I followed allways your critical interventions on this subject.
I must recognise I don't get exactly which is your opinion. Would you
like to have a clear statement here? Would you say the vlachs are
migrating north of Danube around XII century, around VI century, or
which is in fact your opinion about?
Alex




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