New Outline of British History   Recently Dr Goldstein said  One tends to think of England as AngloSaxon But we show quite clearly there was not complete replacement of existing populations by either AngloSaxons or Danes It looks like the Celts did hold out  British historians have generally emphasized the Roman and AngloSaxon contributions to English culture at the expense of the Celtic A recent history of Britain The Isles by Norman Davies tried to redress the balance The Celts were ignored he noted in part because no documentary histories remain the Celts having regarded writing as a threat to their oral traditions Generations of historians saw British history as beginning with Roman invasions of the first century AD and indeed identified with the Romans rather than the defeated Celts  So long as classical education and classical prejudices prevailed educated Englishmen inevitably saw ancient Britain as an alien land Dr Davies writes The new survey indicates that the genetic contribution of the Celts has been as much underestimated as their historical legacy  Dr Davies said in an interview that traditionally historians thought in terms of invasions the Celts took over the islands then the Romans then the AngloSaxons  It now seems much more likely that the resident population doesnt change as much as thought he continued The people stay put but are reculturalized by some new dominant culture