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This may be claimed to be a reductio ad absurdam of traditional assumptions. It is, but only because these assumptions are fundamentally absurd.

— Guy Halsall Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West, 376–568 (2007)

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There can be no question of a general overriding ‘Germanic’ or ‘Celtic’ identity amongst the different barbarian groups.

Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West, 376–568 (2007)

The problems of Germanism have long been recognised.

Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West, 376–568 (2007)

This is no more acceptable than Germanism.

Barbarian Migrations and the Roman West, 376–568 (2007)

Whatever their authors’ politics (though these can be guessed at from their writings and publishing choices) there can be no doubt that these works have—in the most generous interpretation—been written sufficiently carelessly as to provide succour to far-right extremists.

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I twitch every time anyone mentions ‘Germanic’ culture.

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