12-07-2018, 11:24 PM
Though it would be wonderful were the Voynich manuscript to provide another fragment of womanhood in medieval times, I don't hope for such a thing.
Also, to pick out a tangential point, but:
The author has it backward. Medieval English historians deliberately stressed the continental origins of English people. Modern science has shown a broad continuity of the population from pre-Roman Britannia to early England
Also, to pick out a tangential point, but:
Quote:...scholars have been mounting a burgeoning effort to highlight the diversity of medieval European life. Historians have emphasized, for example, that the people we call “English” were actually immigrants, ...
The author has it backward. Medieval English historians deliberately stressed the continental origins of English people. Modern science has shown a broad continuity of the population from pre-Roman Britannia to early England