tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post3779061194587558185..comments2024-03-25T20:43:33.067+00:00Comments on A Clerk of Oxford: Kipling's 'The Land'Clerk of Oxfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919708325900229717noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758649432241863530.post-53110138394503894222015-02-24T13:36:55.275+00:002015-02-24T13:36:55.275+00:00Alastair Wilson of the Kipling Society has offered...Alastair Wilson of the Kipling Society has offered these thoughts that might interest you:<br />I would suspect that Kipling just selected a good generic name for his 7th/8th century holder of the land in the Dudwell valley - to the Romano-celts who had occupied the land after the legions had gone, any invader from the north German/Friesian area would have been 'a Dane' - as a nation, we lakerudyardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17782496899898494265noreply@blogger.com