Validates Celtic, Roman, and Viking contributions over Anglo-Saxon primacy
Enumerates multiple pre- and non-Anglo-Saxon influences (Celts, Romans, Vikings) as deserving 'respect', implicitly decentering Anglo-Saxon culture in the formation of English identity.
“A little respect is due to the Danelaw and the Vikings, to the Celts of the fifth, sixth and seventh centuries, to the continental, Middle Eastern and north African Roman occupiers, and to the iron-age Celts.”
