[lit-ideas] Ælle; Ossia, I Mercenarii A Glyndebourne
- From: Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 20:41:09 EST
Ossia il sassone mercenario a Glyndebourne
GLYNDE :
Perh. From Glind (fence or enclosure)
Orig. Glinde (1210) then Gline (1587)
After the camps lack of use during part of the Romano-British period, there
is evidence for Saxon use of the site, probably around the time of the Saxon
invasion as the influence of Rome in Britain waned. Further still, a Norman
cooking pot found in a hearth has been found and the camp was later used as a
lookout post for Lewes Castle.
Biggar, J. : Fieldwalking at Glynde near Lewes, SAC Vol. 122 (214-216) 1984
Croix, Rev. W : Parochial History of Glynde, SAC Vol. 20 (47-90) 1868
Croix, Rev. W : On a Vessel Found Near Glynde, SAC Vol. 23 (82-84) 1871
Glynde has several tourist attractions. ... North of the village is
Glyndebourne, where opera is performed.
John Hay Langham in the 1820s. He inherited his father's estate in
Northamptonshire in 1833 and relinquished Glyndebourne, which, after litigation
between rival claimants, passed to Mr Langham Christie.
John Christie's fondness for music led him to hold regular amateur opera
evenings in this room
I'm studying opera, and I find that when I cannot express a concept, there's
usually an opera (in Italian) by that title. Anyway, these my reflections
(after a day) about what I thought was rather S. Ward's 'sad' ("I don't mind
being sad") post regarding the non-history of the Saxon heroic feats:
"And then we drove from Chichester, where the siege
didn't take place, back to the coast -- where Alle
never landed".
_Sad_.
Ritchie speaks of "Self Construction and [Mercenary] Aspects Studies.
Indeed, there is a 'mercenary identity' in the Dark Ages -- cfr. the phrase,
'my
mercenary hero').
Toynbee does note it's political:
The word ‘Balkanisation’..was coined by German socialists to
describe what was done to the western fringe of the Russian
Empire by the Peace of Brest-Litovsk.
The Western Question, 1922.
As the Editor of _This England_ writes, 'do we need to apply this concept to
the green and pleasant land?' (Incidentally, cannot say I have seen a more
beautiful photo of 'England's green and pleasant land' than the one that graces
wiki's entry for Dartmoor -- much better than Prince Charles (who owns most
of the park)'s watercolours.
The Balkanisation theory is indeed the good ole 'mercenary theory':
"For Gildas, Aetius's refusal is the reason
why the Saxons came to Britain. He describes
that after Aetius had declined to provide aid, Vortigern
decided to hire [Germanic] mercenaries to fight the Picts."
There is a caveat here:
"Since it is not clear that Vortigern existed, it is
hard to say if this fact or myth."
In any case, perhaps S. Ward can retell us again the racconto. I'm surprised
that few other listers (that's an overstatement) commented on the Saxon
Route. It _is_ a fascinating thing. Don't say you need to know the _facts_ to
opine!
Cheers,
JL
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