Re: Bachrach vs Halsall - Early Medieval Warfare

David Read <david2463@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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On May 22, 10:47 am, "David Read" <david2...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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On May 22, 7:09 am, "David Read" <david2...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Welcome back and Pleeeeease stay! (I really missed discussions with
you)

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Thanks, Alex.

I'll see what I can do.

Well, you can try to convince Paul and Curt that a repeated usage of
'it seems so' and 'obviously' are not convincing arguments. Or that
Oman was not pathologically stupid. :-)

[running away as fast as possible]

A.M.
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Yeah, just when they though it was safe....

Cheers,

Don't be a bigger fool than you are. There is no doubt
that there is argument over the organizational state of
the Frankish kingdom. Further, opinions change with time.

In spite of your assertions to the contrary, I did not
embrace Bachrach's numbers or his ideas. I stated that
I think that there is more evidence for larger Carolingian
armies than for the two or three thousand that Alex
favors.

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--- Paul J. Gans
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