England was called England during the era of King Arthur

the verdict

REFUTED

the evidence says no

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King Arthur is traditionally placed in the late 5th or early 6th century during the post-Roman, sub-Roman period, whereas the name 'England' (derived from the Anglo-Saxon 'Angle-land') emerged later as Germanic kingdoms established themselves.

The analysis

The retrieved papers deal with Anglo-Saxon settlements, Bede, and early medieval contexts in Britain which date to the period following the Roman withdrawal and the emergence of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Historical and linguistic consensus places the naming of England (Land of the Angles) after the migrations and settlements of the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes, which postdates the traditional era of King Arthur, who operated in a Romano-British context before England as a named entity existed.

Evidence against · 3

Settlement mobility and the ‘Middle Saxon Shift’: rural settlements and settlement patterns in Anglo-Saxon England

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H. F. Hamerow. Settlement mobility and the ‘Middle Saxon Shift’: rural settlements and settlement patterns in Anglo-Saxon England. 1991. https://doi.org/10.1017/s026367510000171x

Discusses the early and middle Saxon periods, which followed the era traditionally associated with King Arthur, reflecting the emergence of Anglo-Saxon settlement rather than a pre-existing unified England.

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The settlement of England in Bede and the<i>Chronicle</i>

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Patrick Sims-Williams. The settlement of England in Bede and the<i>Chronicle</i>. 1983. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263675100003331

Examines the historical accounts of the Anglo-Saxon settlement of England, placing the terminology and formation of England later than the Romano-British Arthurian period.

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Birch bark tar in early Medieval England - Continuity of tradition or technological revival?

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Stacey RJ, Dunne J, Brunning S, Devièse T, Mortimer R, Ladd S, Parfitt K, Evershed R, Bull I. Birch bark tar in early Medieval England - Continuity of tradition or technological revival?. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.102118

Notes that early medieval contexts in the east of England date to the early Anglo-Saxon period following the collapse of Roman Britain, well after Arthurian times.

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