Re: Modern Historians and Gildas


"Peter Alaca" <P.Alaca@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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<hrothgar_cyning@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

May I suggest you widen your reading, then?

Ok
http://www.suffolk.gov.uk/Environment/Archaeology/Publications/SnapeAnglo-SaxonCemetery.htm
"In 1985 a research project was initiated under the aegis of the Snape
Historical Trust. Excavations have shown the site to be a mixed
cremation and inhumation cemetery.

Amongst the inhumations, a wide variety of burial practices has been
noted, including the use of two, and possibly three, dugout logboats
as burial containers. Other graves made extensive use of organics, in
some instances of textile, including the first observed used of
Rippenköper weave in England (grave 37). The grave-goods were within
the normal range of material to be expected in an Anglo-Saxon
cemetery, more exotic finds including a lyre (grave 32) and a horse's
head with tack (grave 47). Finds show the cremation burials to date
for the late 5th to 7th centuries, and the inhumations to date from
the mid 6th to 7th centuries.

In both cases to the _early_ 7th century

(W Filmer-Sankey 1992 "Snape Anglo-Saxon Cemetry:
the current state of knowledge". In: M. Carver (ed),
"The age of Sutton Hoo", 39-51 )

Other features excavated included
ring-ditches, some associated with inhumations and six burnt stone
features, apparently surrounding mound 4."
The "bridle" suggests straightforward horse burial rather than
sacrifice,.and possibly a 7c date,

Why 7th c?

Why 6th c is the point, that was the inference.


very close to Bede's time.

At least a generation apart.

--
p.a.


Close enough for him to have known of horse sacrifice as a practice to the
god Hengest.
Bede's story of Coifi was also used as an example of horse sacrifice, this
is in fact a statement of the pagan priests lowly standing compared to the
early Christian priests who were all from the warrior class.
Coifi converted to Christianity and asked the king for a stallion and arms.
(HE ii 13)
"for hitherto it had not been lawful for the High Priest to carry arms, or
to ride anything but a mare"

Jamie



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