Roots of Medieval Migration Into England Uncovered in New Study

Early Medieval England Where Migrants Came to Settle

Migration into England was continuous from the Romans through to the Normans and men and women moved from different places and at different rates, a study finds. Dr Sam Leggett of the University of Edinburgh’s School of History, Classics and Archaeology, said: “The study took a ‘big data’ approach to assess the narratives around early […]

Early medieval England was shaped by centuries of migration

England was never as isolated as many history books once suggested. New research shows that people moved into and across England steadily for centuries, arriving from places as distant as the Mediterranean and the far north near the Arctic Circle. This movement began after Roman rule ended and continued through the Norman period, reshaping communities generation by generation. The major study, led by researchers at the Universities of Edinburgh …

Roots of medieval migration into England uncovered in new study

Map of regions in early medieval England and their proportional make up of Δ1 Migration into England was ongoing from the Roman period through to the Norman Conquest, with people moving from different regions at varying rates, a new study finds.Researchers discovered that early medieval migrants came to England not only from nearby regions but also from as far afield as the Mediterranean and the Arctic Circle.The large bioarchaeological study of…

Roots of medieval migration into England uncovered

Migration into England was continuous from the Romans through to the Normans and men and women moved from different places and at different rates, a study finds. The post Roots of medieval migration into England uncovered appeared first on Archaeology Wiki.