Talk:Haestingas

The Hæstingas as a distinct group in the 11th century

"However it is known that the Haestingas retained a distinct identity till the 11th century as the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records the Haestingas as having being harried by the Danes in 1011."

The ASC doesn't say anything about the Hæstingas still being a distinct group. It merely says the Danes harried Hastings and many other regions and shires. It suggests Hastings didn't refer merely to the town, but also to the surrounding region; but that doesn't mean the Hæstingas retained their distinct identity. The translation given as the source for this statement makes this clear, as does the original Old English text. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.134.114.23 (talk) 13:48, 22 March 2015 (UTC)

It is because the ASC lists Sussex and Hæstingas separately that historians have suggested that the Hæstingas were a distinct group. If they were not a distinct group then they would have been lumped in with Sussex(after all they were an area of Sussex?) rather than have that separate listing (See Brandon's. South Saxons p. 33 for a discussion on this subject). Wilfridselsey (talk) 09:37, 23 March 2015 (UTC)