"In the reinterpretation of ‘Germanic’ archaeology I have benefited from discussions with, and the encouragement of fe…"

"One of the problems that has most beset the study of early medieval Europe is, as noted, that of Germanism. This book…"

"The problems of Germanism have long been recognised. Alas, entirely analogous developments are currently taking place…"

"There can be no question of a general overriding ‘Germanic’ or ‘Celtic’ identity amongst the different barbarian grou…"

"Historians are not immune from similarly bizarre reasoning, of course. The counter-revisionist offensive against more…"

"The Nazis adopted these ideas with gusto but they did not invent them. Nor have post-Nazi archaeologists entirely aba…"

"[I'm] (probably) the most significant historian of early medieval Europe under the age of 60 anywhere in the world...…"

"Recently, something of an academic counter-revolution... has taken place. Oxford-trained historians have led the way,…"

"[T]he writing of history is inescapably political, my aim is partly to provide a basis for a more politically and eth…"

"The first part of the essay calls into question the idea that the Germanic-speaking barbarians shared any sort of uni…"