The pedigree of the English people : an argument, historical and scientific, on the formation and growth of the nation, tracing race-admixture in Britain from the earliest times, with especial reference to the incorporation of the Celtic aborigines / by Thomas Nicholas.

  • Nicholas, Thomas, 1820-1879.
Date:
1878
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Credit: The pedigree of the English people : an argument, historical and scientific, on the formation and growth of the nation, tracing race-admixture in Britain from the earliest times, with especial reference to the incorporation of the Celtic aborigines / by Thomas Nicholas. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the Teutonic dialects have overpowered the pre- existing forms of speech, and the people are vastly less ‘ Teutonic’ than their language.” Of the practice of speaking of the present inhabitants of Britain ' as an ‘ Anglo-Saxon ’ people, he says, “ it is, in fact, just as absurd as the habit of talking of the French people as a ‘ Latin ’ race, because they speak a language which is in the main derived from Latin.” ^ Many other declarations of like nature might be adduced, showing the tendency of candid opinion guided by recent inquiry. This edition is the result of careful revision and the addition of much new matter. The Section on Gildas, otherwise unaltered, is supplemented with what is believed to be an exposure of a fratid or a bhmder on the part of the writer who goes under that name, of no little significancy in early English history (pp. 219—224). The Section on the ethno- logical effects of the Norman Conquest has been re-written and considerably amplified. The author, who was attacked by a severe illness while the work was printing, wishes to acknowledge with especial thanks the kind and valuable assistance rendered him by the Rev. Robert Gwynne, B.A., in collating and verifying authorities, correcting the press, and making a completer Index. London, Christmas Day, 1873. ^ Critiques and Addresses, pp. 176, 177. London, 1873.