The Staffordshire Hoard - 0 views
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Denis MOOTZ on 24 Sep 09Discovery of largest Saxon treasure hoard...may require rethink of 'Dark Ages'.
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David Hilton on 25 Sep 09How amazing is this find! Three times the size of Sutton Hoo. And found by an unemployed bloke with a metal detector. Isn't it about time we stopped using the Gibbonesque term 'Dark Ages'? I think there's increasing evidence that the 'Dark' and 'Middle' Ages (it's defined in terms of ancient & modern - how rude!) were not the backstep that most people have assumed. Feel free to disagree! (Sorry for the continuing bonhomie, I'm still on holidays).