Citation

Harris SJ. Lit. Compass 2008; 5(4): 740-754.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2008, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1741-4113.2008.00560.x

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This article surveys ideas about race in pre-Norman England (c.450–1066). I review contemporary race categories that tend to structure our view of the medieval evidence; modern and medieval vocabulary; and some ideas about race and ethnicity current in the early Middle Ages. Within that broader context, I then discuss Gildas, Bede, and King Alfred.