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Classical and Mediaeval historians state that there was English settlement in both Orkney and Shetland from at least the fourth century AD – about a century before the English migrated from the Continent to England. Scholars have dismissed these references as mistaken, though with no better reason than that they do not fit the traditional view. This book examines the case for early English settlement, bringing to light new evidence from the Norn language which was spoken on the islands until the eighteenth century, as well as re-examining historical and archaeological sources. The linguistic evidence serves as a proof for the accuracy of the assertions of early historians. It shows that the English were a small group within the complex cultural mix of Orkney and Shetland, ultimately subsumed into the Norwegian Viking population which later migrated to the islands. The English did not survive as a discrete population. But they had a four-hundred year presence in the islands, which constitutes the earliest English settlement within the British Isles.
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Languages, Saxons, History, Orkney (scotland), Shetland (scotland), Scotland, historyPlaces
Shetland (Scotland), Orkney (Scotland), Scotland, Orkney, ShetlandTimes
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The Early English settlement of Orkney and Shetland
2007, John Donald
Paperback
in English
1904607756 9781904607755
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-127) and index.
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