Guy Halsall

"The problems of Germanism have long been recognised. Alas, entirely analogous developments are currently taking place, also in the course of modern political movements, with the ‘Celts’. It is present…"

"There can be no question of a general overriding ‘Germanic’ or ‘Celtic’ identity amongst the different barbarian groups. Shared language might have facilitated communication and alliance but there is …"

"The first part of the essay calls into question the idea that the Germanic-speaking barbarians shared any sort of unifying ethos or culture that would allow us to conceive of them as a single entity. …"

"I twitch every time anyone mentions ‘Germanic’ culture."

"The recent use of scientific methodologies to examine migration has added an extra, alarming dimension. DNA, whether ‘ancient’ or ‘modern’ samples , is being used to track migration. The danger, barel…"

"the most significant historian of early medieval Europe under the age of 60 anywhere in the world... hat's not me being cocky, but a pretty sober assessment of the range and quality of my work."

"One of the problems that has most beset the study of early medieval Europe is, as noted, that of Germanism. This book aims to tackle this issue... To lump all Germanic-speaking tribes together is simp…"

"Historians are not immune from similarly bizarre reasoning, of course. The counter-revisionist offensive against more subtle ways of thinking about the fifth century has been led by British historians…"