Harts Ease - Revision history

Eli Bishop at 22:45, 7 September 2025

2025-09-07T22:45:28Z

Eli Bishop: rewrite Harts Ease/Beowulf reference

2025-09-07T01:02:24Z

rewrite Harts Ease/Beowulf reference

Eli Bishop at 00:07, 7 September 2025

2025-09-07T00:07:59Z

Eli Bishop: Created page with "The '''Isle of Harty'''. {{By|TH}} ''Riddley Walker'' has at times been compared to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf Beowulf]''. A couple of years ago someone came up ..."

2013-11-25T04:12:31Z

Created page with "The '''Isle of Harty'''. {{By|TH}} ''Riddley Walker'' has at times been compared to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf Beowulf]''. A couple of years ago someone came up ..."

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The '''Isle of Harty'''. {{By|TH}}

''Riddley Walker'' has at times been compared to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf Beowulf]''. A couple of years ago someone came up with the (admittedly tenuous) theory that the action of ''Beowulf'' in fact took place not in Scandinavia but in the vicinity of Harty Island. {{By|MJ}} This was a conjecture by the archeologist Paul Wilkinson, who discovered buried boats on Harty that he believed to be of Germanic origin. In the 11th century, Harty was called Heorot, also the name of King Hrothgar's hall in ''Beowulf''. Wilkinson proposed (''[http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba39/ba39feat.html British Archeology]'', 39, November 1998) that ''Beowulf'' actually described an early Germanic settlement in North Kent. {{By|EB}}

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−	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harty,_Swale '''Harty''']{{By\|TH}} is a tiny town in what is now the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Sheppey Isle of Sheppey], just off the coast of [[Fathers Ham\|Faversham]]. Harty was once a separate island, before changes in the waterways caused it to merge with Sheppey; the map in ''RW'' shows that general flooding of all coastal areas in the future has erased the rest of Sheppey, leaving Harty alone.	+	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harty,_Swale '''Harty''']{{By\|TH}} is a tiny town on what is now the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Sheppey Isle of Sheppey], just off the coast of [[Fathers Ham\|Faversham]]. Harty was once a separate island, before changes in the waterways caused it to merge with Sheppey; the map in ''RW'' shows that general flooding of all coastal areas in the future has erased the rest of Sheppey, leaving Harty alone.

−	Besides being an early site of Viking incursion into England, Sheppey has been briefly involved in various conflicts in English history, but Harts Ease has no apparent importance in ''RW''. However, in 1998 (much too late to have influenced the novel), the archeologist Paul Wilkinson argued that Harty had great historic/mythological stature—being, in his opinion, the actual setting of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf Beowulf]''. {{By\|MJ}} Wilkinson proposed (in ~~a 1998~~ essay that can be read as part of "Beowulf in Kent", from [https://favershamsociety.org/product/faversham-society-papers-beowulf-in-kent-free-download/ The Faversham Society], with additional commentary by Griselda Cann Mussett) that ''Beowulf'' actually described an early Germanic settlement in North Kent, rather than Scandinavia, and that the name Heorot (King Hrothgar's hall) could have been related to Harty. A detailed rebuttal casting doubt on virtually every part of Wilkinson's reasoning can be found [https://runetree.co.uk/pages/posts/Beowulf-Not-in-Kent-6.php here]. {{By\|EB}}	+	Besides being an early site of Viking incursion into England, Sheppey has been briefly involved in various conflicts in English history, but Harts Ease has no apparent importance in ''RW''. However, in 1998 (much too late to have influenced the novel), the archeologist Paul Wilkinson argued that Harty had great historic/mythological stature—being, in his opinion, the actual setting of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf Beowulf]''. {{By\|MJ}} Wilkinson proposed (in an essay that can be read as part of "Beowulf in Kent", from [https://favershamsociety.org/product/faversham-society-papers-beowulf-in-kent-free-download/ The Faversham Society], with additional commentary by Griselda Cann Mussett) that ''Beowulf'' actually described an early Germanic settlement in North Kent, rather than Scandinavia, and that the name Heorot (King Hrothgar's hall) could have been related to Harty. A detailed rebuttal casting doubt on virtually every part of Wilkinson's reasoning can be found [https://runetree.co.uk/pages/posts/Beowulf-Not-in-Kent-6.php here]. {{By\|EB}}

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−	~~The~~ '''~~Isle of~~ Harty'''. {{By\|TH}}	+	[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harty,_Swale '''Harty''']{{By\|TH}} is a tiny town in what is now the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_of_Sheppey Isle of Sheppey], just off the coast of [[Fathers Ham\|Faversham]]. Harty was once a separate island, before changes in the waterways caused it to merge with Sheppey; the map in ''RW'' shows that general flooding of all coastal areas in the future has erased the rest of Sheppey, leaving Harty alone.

−	''~~Riddley Walker~~'' ~~has at times been compared~~ to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf Beowulf]''. {{By\|MJ}} ~~points out the existence of~~ a ~~tenuous theory~~ that ~~the action~~ of ''Beowulf'' in ~~fact takes place not in~~ Scandinavia ~~but in the vicinity of Harty Island. This was a conjecture by the archeologist Paul Wilkinson~~, ~~who discovered buried boats on Harty~~ that ~~he believed to be of Germanic origin. In~~ the ~~11th century, Harty was called~~ Heorot~~, also the name of~~ King Hrothgar's hall ~~in ''Beowulf''~~. Wilkinson ~~proposed ('~~'[~~http~~://~~www~~.~~britarch.ac~~.uk/ba/~~ba39~~/~~ba39feat.html British Archeology]'', 39, November 1998) that ''~~Beowulf~~'' actually described an early Germanic settlement~~ in ~~North~~ Kent. {{By\|EB}}	+	Besides being an early site of Viking incursion into England, Sheppey has been briefly involved in various conflicts in English history, but Harts Ease has no apparent importance in ''RW''. However, in 1998 (much too late to have influenced the novel), the archeologist Paul Wilkinson argued that Harty had great historic/mythological stature—being, in his opinion, the actual setting of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf Beowulf]''. {{By\|MJ}} Wilkinson proposed (in a 1998 essay that can be read as part of "Beowulf in Kent", from [https://favershamsociety.org/product/faversham-society-papers-beowulf-in-kent-free-download/ The Faversham Society], with additional commentary by Griselda Cann Mussett) that ''Beowulf'' actually described an early Germanic settlement in North Kent, rather than Scandinavia, and that the name Heorot (King Hrothgar's hall) could have been related to Harty. A detailed rebuttal casting doubt on virtually every part of Wilkinson's reasoning can be found [https://runetree.co.uk/pages/posts/Beowulf-Not-in-Kent-6.php here]. {{By\|EB}}

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−	''Riddley Walker'' has at times been compared to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf Beowulf]''. ~~A couple~~ of ~~years ago someone came up with the (admittedly~~ tenuous) theory that the action of ''Beowulf'' in fact ~~took~~ place not in Scandinavia but in the vicinity of Harty Island. ~~{{By\|MJ}}~~ This was a conjecture by the archeologist Paul Wilkinson, who discovered buried boats on Harty that he believed to be of Germanic origin. In the 11th century, Harty was called Heorot, also the name of King Hrothgar's hall in ''Beowulf''. Wilkinson proposed (''[http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba39/ba39feat.html British Archeology]'', 39, November 1998) that ''Beowulf'' actually described an early Germanic settlement in North Kent. {{By\|EB}}	+	''Riddley Walker'' has at times been compared to ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf Beowulf]''. {{By\|MJ}} points out the existence of a tenuous theory that the action of ''Beowulf'' in fact takes place not in Scandinavia but in the vicinity of Harty Island. This was a conjecture by the archeologist Paul Wilkinson, who discovered buried boats on Harty that he believed to be of Germanic origin. In the 11th century, Harty was called Heorot, also the name of King Hrothgar's hall in ''Beowulf''. Wilkinson proposed (''[http://www.britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba39/ba39feat.html British Archeology]'', 39, November 1998) that ''Beowulf'' actually described an early Germanic settlement in North Kent. {{By\|EB}}