Talk:Anglo-Saxon military organization

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Confused and imprecise article

I have a number of problems with the article as it stands.

Firstly, "strategy and tactics" are not part of "military organisation" and should have a separate entry. Secondly, the article perpetuates the myth that the Anglo-Saxons were a backward people compared to those of the Continent. In fact Anglo-Saxon England was a more sophisticated society than any other in Europe, with the exception of Byzantium and the Muslims of Spain. One illustation of this is in the monetary economy, Anglo-Saxon England had a standardised denomination, the silver penny, which was minted and recalled to be reminted at regular intervals, only Byzantium had a more closely regularised monetary system. This sophistication also extended to the miltary sphere, with their huscarles and butsecarles (marines) the Late Anglo-Saxon kings had a core of fully professional soldiery completely unknown to contemporary rulers in the rest of Western Europe.Urselius (talk) 11:39, 2 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Repeated vandalism

This article has been tagged since September of '08 and it is still garbage, did we decide the potential information this article could hold is not worth a damn?