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Papers by Charles Parkinson
The Land of Cal, 2021
A discussion of the possible Belgic component of English
In his 'Historia Regum Britanniae', Geoffrey of Monmouth claimed that he had a source book, in th... more In his 'Historia Regum Britanniae', Geoffrey of Monmouth claimed that he had a source book, in the British tongue, which his friend Walter, the Archdeacon of Oxford, had brought "out of Britain". In this paper, Charles Parkinson explores a possible chain of communication by which this book may have arrived in Oxford.
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The Land of Cal, 2021
Independent researcher "Gaul is a whole divided into three parts" Julius Caesar famously tells us... more Independent researcher "Gaul is a whole divided into three parts" Julius Caesar famously tells us in c.50 BC1. The three parts were Gallia Celtica, Belgica (the northeast) and Aquitania (the southwest .) and "All these differ from each other in language, customs and laws."2 "The greater part of the Belgae were sprung from the Germans, and having crossed the Rhine at an early period, they had settled there, on account of the fertility of the country"3 When did the Germanic tribes arrive in northeastern Gaul? History does not tell us, but the battlefield site at Ribemont-sur-Ancre (in the Somme), dating from about 260BC, has been interpreted as the result of a battle between the Belgae and the Celts. Strabo, in his 'Geography', (c.20 BC?) says that the 'Belge' and the 'Galatae' "do not all
The Land of Cal, 2021
A discussion of the possible Belgic component of English
In his 'Historia Regum Britanniae', Geoffrey of Monmouth claimed that he had a source book, in th... more In his 'Historia Regum Britanniae', Geoffrey of Monmouth claimed that he had a source book, in the British tongue, which his friend Walter, the Archdeacon of Oxford, had brought "out of Britain". In this paper, Charles Parkinson explores a possible chain of communication by which this book may have arrived in Oxford.
The Land of Cal, 2021
Independent researcher "Gaul is a whole divided into three parts" Julius Caesar famously tells us... more Independent researcher "Gaul is a whole divided into three parts" Julius Caesar famously tells us in c.50 BC1. The three parts were Gallia Celtica, Belgica (the northeast) and Aquitania (the southwest .) and "All these differ from each other in language, customs and laws."2 "The greater part of the Belgae were sprung from the Germans, and having crossed the Rhine at an early period, they had settled there, on account of the fertility of the country"3 When did the Germanic tribes arrive in northeastern Gaul? History does not tell us, but the battlefield site at Ribemont-sur-Ancre (in the Somme), dating from about 260BC, has been interpreted as the result of a battle between the Belgae and the Celts. Strabo, in his 'Geography', (c.20 BC?) says that the 'Belge' and the 'Galatae' "do not all