The English and the Celts - no genocide?

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Actually Mike, there are two, ... if (according to Härke and Coates) the Anglo-Saxons entered an empty landscape, then why would such a name exist at all?

Hi Vortigern,

Härke doesn't argue for empty landscapes throughout the east, just in some areas.

Von Kalben makes the point that the two eccles sites in Kent indicate a continued presence during the AS period. However, christian burials suggest that it was more heavily christianised during the roman period. The question is, what happened to the others?

If the church moved, many Britons in Kent may have just ceased to remain christian, without the guiding hand of the church. Some obviously did remain practicing christians, and were noted as such, hence the name, but there could have still been lapsed christians around.

best

Harry Amphlett