by TisILeclerc » 6:17 pm
I wonder if, as a complete ignoramus, but a master of disguise could ask a few silly questions that may be totally irrelevant?
It appears that everyone in the world wants to come to Britain. The Phonoecians, Romans, Irish, Normans, Vikings, Spanish, Dutch and so on.
Why? What did this country from the south of England and Wales to the north of Scotland have?
It seems to be not just a question of a load of freebooters but organised societies and in the case of some nations with national armies.
The Romans came to plunder and they did it well. At least we can understand them. But then the Irish come rowing across the Irish sea singing songs and telling the natives that they'd better convert if they know what's good for them. And the natives do. Then the Romans come back and battle it out with the Irish. The Romans win and all's well, apart from a few pesky heretics who seem to be home grown.
Now we have organised groups of self made religious orders from France desperate to get here and set up shop. This last lot seem to have believed in working for a living. Couldn't they have done that in France?
A lot of it all seems to boil down to sailors having to build ocean going vessels and fighting against strong tides just to land their ships. And they've got to find out where and how to do it. Which involves building light houses and accommodation for the keepers and all the food and everything that goes with it.
Someone's got to do the weather prediction, the astronomy, building priories and so on as well as writing the holy books. And to do all of that you need a massive workforce and infrastructure just to keep it all ticking over.
On top of that it appears that they were all making up myths about how they'd always been there or had followed the teachings of some unknown saint or other just to justify their being here. Or there. Or wherever they landed up. And the kings of England, Scotland, Wales etc don't bat an eyelid.
Och aye Francois you can have all that land over there. Nae problem son.
What was going on? At least the Norman barons kept it simple. You, eeengleesh peasant work. Ah'm 'urngry an' ah want ma deener now tout sweet. But the hoodies? I mean to say they really are creepy.