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Old 05-31-2010, 02:01 PM   #10
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Certainly the maxim 'the Rohirrim are the Anglo-Saxons with horses' is much too simplistic.

I don't suggest that any of this means that the Rohirrim 'are' the English in some sense; nor, of course, does it mean that there are no differences between them. But I think these similarities are sufficient reason to say that Rohan resembles Anglo-Saxon England.
Wow. You know your stuff, and I am in agreement with you.
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