Sigehelm, the ambassador reputedly sent by Alfred to Kerala, is presumably the 1st person from Britain known to have travelled to India?
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@caitlinrgreen Note the strategic deployment of 'reputedly'! (Tho' Thomas' association was indeed with India, not Palestine, so who knows?) -
@holland_tom oh, absolutely, just remembered reading that post when I saw your tweet, as it set adds to the scepticism! :) -
@caitlinrgreen Just as a matter of interest, is the Holy Land called 'Iudea' elsewhere in the ASC? -
@holland_tom Yes, see the 1stC AD entries :)
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@caitlinrgreen, is a sceptical take on the claim that a 9th C Bishop of Sherborne travelled to India:https://tenthmedieval.wordpress.com/2007/03/22/misuse-of-medieval-evidence/ … - 1 more reply
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@caitlinrgreen@holland_tom Well that's a brilliant blog post, thank you. Oh those pesky minims. -
@katemond@holland_tom Indeed, they are rather tricksy! :)
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