Britain After Rome: The Fall and Rise, 400-1070 by Robin Fleming
Apr 6, 2012
Two of the most famous names in English history are Hengist and Horsa, the brothers who, according to Bede, were amongst the first of the “Anglo-Saxon” invaders of England to make a settlement in Kent: “The first commanders are said to have been the two brothers Hengist and Horsa. Of these Horsa was afterwards slain in battle by the Britons, and a monument, bearing his name, is still in existence in the eastern parts of Kent” (Bede, 15). Their names and the stories told by Bede have been taught as factual history to British school children for generations. In her book Britain After Rome Robin Fleming turns away from Bede and the other major sources (Gildas and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle), instead attempting to use archaeology as the basis for analysis of Britain immediately after the Romans had “left”…
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