Anglo-Saxon society had laws to deal with stoats like Oswald. Viking societies had similar laws about theft. What Uhtred did was murder by our standards and theirs. If Uhtred could've proven that he was stealing, he'd have had a strong case. One Saxon law at the time said that if a freeman stole from another freeman,…

Bill Nye once punched me in the face. It was great.

Poe's Law is working overtime here.

You're right. All of these illegals who came here and dropped their anchor babies need to leave right now. Only those who are legitimately American can stay.

When it comes to how women were treated during the Middle Ages, things were complicated. On one hand there definitely was a lot of misogyny, but women still found ways to survive and thrive. While the Church offered a lot of sexism, convents were a great place for a woman who didn't want to be a wife and mother to…

I'm not around kids much but isn't 7 a bit too old for baby talk? I know I sure wasn't talking like that at that age. For some reason, I just really find Holden unlikable, even in the flashbacks before he was vamped. And I swear I'm not some meanie who hates kids either.

An addendum: they adopt poor neglected Scarlett and then run off. That little girl is way more lovable than her creepy undead brother.

It also showed up in flashes an ep or two back when John and Sally were making out in the elevator. The demon is clearly connected to Sally, and I'm betting she can control it.

I was thinking how I could watch an ep just consisting of those two drinking and shooting the shit. They better be left standing by the end of the season.

"Is Hannibal in love with me?"

Giving something a low grade for having violence for violence's sake is a legit criticism. If you had watched the ep, you would see how pointless the violence was as well as how bad the ep was in other regards.

I'm so glad for the reviewer that he also gets to review The Last Kingdom. It must be quite the tonic after this show.

Good point. There's also the Norse influence, which a lot of people don't know about. I love that the pagan Norse gave English one of the most important words re. Christianity: cross. It came from Old Norse, which got it from Old Irish, which got it from Latin.

I like how the book version strongly suggests that Aethelwold was like that because Alfred marginalized him since childhood. I wish they kept that in because it gives him depth as well as keeps Alfred from looking like a saint.

I feel for her. Uhtred likes women who are like Brida, but it's not Mildreth's fault she's the opposite. She's the product of being raised to be a meek and pious Saxon woman just as Brida is the product of being raised to be an opinionated and freer Viking woman.

No, but I'm definitely heading to my library catalog to see if they have it. Thanks!

I'd put the Norman contribution closer to 40-45%, especially regarding the changes to government and language, but the foundation is Anglo-Saxon. I think part of why there seems to be a "boo, Saxons" 'tude now is in response to racists in the 19th century using Anglo-Saxon accomplishments and identity to be shits…

Asterisks look like anuses. I approve.

And yet so much of our* culture is descended from theirs. It's as if we're hating on ourselves.

Sir, you're the one barging into the comments section screaming about how much you hate this show. I've replied to you a couple of times and most of them were jokes. And I commented this time because your claim of studying this period makes no sense given your contempt of much of it, especially the Anglo-Saxon part.…