Britain AD

Another fine book from the indomitable Francis Pryor and, as always easy, to read. Pryor writes a rather compelling book that puts the “Anglo-Saxon” invasion of England firmly in the realms of being overwrought. He makes the point that there had to be some movement of peoples of Angles and Saxon origin into England and no doubt plenty of contact across the seas but why would, when the Roman authorities departed, there be a wholesale invasion by said peoples when the archaeological evidence is tenuous and the historical evidence light on and full of holes. Where, indeed, did the ancient population go when there is no evidence that they went anywhere?