Racially diverse cast to play Anglo-Saxons in BBC drama

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18 hours ago, Annie Bynnol said:

 The Saxons immigrants(from 450) would not have links with the Viking(from 800)until long after they arrived even then there would have been more 'Viking' blood amongst their enemies, and even more amongst the Normans who defeated them. At this time Vikings would include Slavs and Greeks. You also ignore the myriad of European, Middle Eastern and North African ethnic groups that formed the greater part of the Roman influx.

  The movement of peoples, their ethnic profiles, their 'identity', was in such a fluid state before the Normans imposed their will, that writing a history of Britain in terms of Saxons, Vikings, Jutes, Danes, French etc. when it is about power, influence, alliance etc, and very little to do with their appearance and genetic background. History is not fixed and has many interpretations and emphases, there will never be a definitive history of anything.  

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