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Re:The 'Dark Ages' Weren't as Dark as We Thought by acqq on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @05:15PM (#19742659)
> Even though Britain was very pagan and 'dark', Ireland remained 'enlightened' at this time (though the populace was still very 'dark' and pagan in Ireland).

Do you happen to know something about the coinage in Ireland in that period? Also, searching for the survived original sources in that entry, they are either first half 400, written outside of Ireland, then some written later than 600 AD? Maybe I missed something?

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Re:The 'Dark Ages' Weren't as Dark as We Thought by Balgair on Wednesday April 24, 2019 @05:54PM (#19742965)
Sorry, coinage isn't an area of expertise for me. I'd just be googling for any info.
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Re:The 'Dark Ages' Weren't as Dark as We Thought by rgblambda on Thursday April 25, 2019 @04:26AM (#19746115)
In Ireland we were taught in school that coinage was introduced by the Vikings and previous to that was a primitive system of cattle trading.
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