For me, this article still implies the "Dark Ages" nonsense. The period of time in these isles post Roman occupation and pre 1066 (Norman invasion) is not a da

For me, this article still implies the "Dark Ages" nonsense. The period of time in these isles post Roman occupation and pre 1066 (Norman invasion) is not a dark age at all - we just have to look a bit harder at the sodding great treasures buried in the ground. This is telling: "Once under Roman rule, England became independent around 410 and faced wave after wave of conquerors, including the Germanic Angles and Saxons. England did not exist at all "under Roman rule" and the idea of wave upon wave of conquerors is complete nonsense. The Romans (now there's a funky term) found a disparate collection of tribes and petty kingdoms spread across the islands. You might as well describe everyone living in the south west of modern England as Devonions (Dumnonia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumnonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumnonia), modern Cornish might take umbrage. In say 300AD there was as now a lot of topography (hills), few roads and a lot of trees and vegetation. The sea is usually fairly flatter and with wind power easily available and so it is easier to use water to get from A to B if you have a boat. These isles were not a fortress "protected by the seas", it was easier to get here than many local routes on land.