Hi
Hugh
I don’t think
there is anything wrong with ‘early medieval’. If you include the broad
dates of the period in brackets it will be perfectly
understandable.
Jenny
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On Behalf Of Crank, Nick
Sent: 30 December 2014
11:11
To: Morrison, Jennifer
Subject: Re:
Viking
Hi
Hugh
Season’s
greetings!
Viking
is a bit of a loaded term and there has been discussion regarding whether it
should be used to just refer to Scandinavian raiders or more broadly.
Perhaps ‘Norse’ would be a good substitute or simply ‘Scandinavian’.
‘Danish’ does carry a geographical connotation that is perhaps misleading as
to the origins of settlers. That said, the British Museum were happy enough
to use the term Viking in their recent exhibition and did seem to take some
trouble to show that it refers to more than just raiders. I’d personally
lean towards keeping the term for a high level policy document such as a
Heritage Strategy.
What
term do your near neighbours use in their strategies?
Regards
Merry
Christmas and New Year to all,
Our
Council are working on a document about the area’s heritage strategy and I
have objected to the term “Viking” being used, but I’m not sure what to
replace it with. It is used in two places:
“The area has a
diverse and distinctive history, with notable periods of growth associated
with the Viking, Medieval and Victorian eras alongside the growth and
decline of its fishing industry.”
And
“strong
associations with the Vikings; medieval history and the Victorian
development of both Grimsby and Cleethorpes afford opportunities…..”
I’ve
never been too happy using the term “early medieval” in public documents as
I get the impression that people won’t know what it means even if I put in a
date range. In my HER I changed the name of the period to “Early Medieval
(Dark Age/Saxon/Danish)” to help understanding of what is meant by it
but it is a bit long winded for this particular document. I had originally
changed them to:
“growth
associated with Anglo Saxon and Danish settlers, the medieval and Victorian
eras, particularly the growth and decline of its fishing industry during
these two periods.”
And
“strong
associations with Anglo Saxon and Danish settlement, medieval history and
the Victorian development of both Grimsby and Cleethorpes afford
opportunities….”
But
I’m not sure how happy I am with the changes. Most of the place names in the
Borough are Anglo-Scandinavian and we were part of the Danelaw, so I do
accept that the “Vikings” had a prominent effect but that doesn’t help me
when writing for the public. I thought it was therefore about time I
swallowed my pride and asked – how should I refer to this period of
time, and the associated movements of people/culture?
Thanks,
Hugh
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