Disputatio:Hastingus

Nomen et res

The name is perhaps "Astingus". He is really mentioned in a few of the sources listed under "index". This new article, not in Latin, is evidently a resurgence of largely fictional material about the Natoli family, some of which we deleted recently. I think this should be deleted too. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 19:52, 22 Octobris 2017 (UTC)

There is already a French article fr:Hasting and an English article en:Hastein. I've merged them to this via Wikidata now, and renamed our page Hastingus, which is his name in the major source by Dudo of St Quentin (see here). But the whole thing has to be rewritten. A useful recent secondary source is (pp. 15-62 passim apud Google Books). Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 12:06, 23 Octobris 2017 (UTC)

I've converted the definition from en:Hastein and hidden the rest. No time today to do more. IacobusAmor (disputatio) 12:56, 23 Octobris 2017 (UTC)

Someone has just now reinserted Hastingus's unattested names Aflingus de Nantolio and Afflengo and the birthyear that's nearly half a century too early for a vigorous Viking of the late ninth century. Perhaps two or more persons have been confused here. IacobusAmor (disputatio) 13:02, 23 Octobris 2017 (UTC)

Thanks for making a start. I guess what you suggest is possible, but my current opinion is that "Aflingus" is an OCR misreading of some of the sources on Google Books and the Internet Archive. If you search Google for "Aflingus" (etc.), and enlarge the page view on the old books that you retrieve, you'll see that "Astingus" (etc.) becomes more likely ... Maybe someone will tell us what source the "de Nantolio" comes from.

Ne bellum inutiliter geramus paginam semi-protexi. Omni usore, qui nomen sibi adsignaverit, recensere et disputare licet. Andrew Dalby (disputatio) 13:29, 23 Octobris 2017 (UTC)