<story><title>The medieval &apos;New England&apos; on the north-eastern Black Sea coast (2015)</title><url>https://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/05/medieval-new-england-black-sea.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>retrac</author><text>The region in question is where the eastern Goths lived: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Crimean_Goths&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Crimean_Goths&lt;/a&gt; and they kept speaking Gothic until at least the 1700s in pockets.&lt;p&gt;Old English was probably still close enough to Gothic at that time as to be somewhat mutually intelligible - at most a gap similar to Dutch and German today.  They may have integrated into local society more easily than it seems they would at first glance.&lt;p&gt;(This is speculative.  There&amp;#x27;s nothing particular to support this other than coincidence in timing and geography.)</text></comment>
<story><title>The medieval &apos;New England&apos; on the north-eastern Black Sea coast (2015)</title><url>https://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/05/medieval-new-england-black-sea.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>sklargh</author><text>So glad to see Dr. Green here. A very high quality blog that I’ve learned quite a bit from. Rigorous but accessible for non academics (Lincolnshire themed Roman, Early Medieval Britain ACOUP?).&lt;p&gt;If HN is looking for a nice, non-technical, read this is a rewarding place to do it.&lt;p&gt;edit - her book is very readable, recommend</text></comment>