Interestingly, al-Idrisi termed Bay of Biscay the 'Sea of the English' in the mid12thC & v interested in south coastpic.twitter.com/SY5Ej4kfA7
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Interestingly, al-Idrisi termed Bay of Biscay the 'Sea of the English' in the mid12thC & v interested in south coastpic.twitter.com/SY5Ej4kfA7
Also curious that ppl in N Spain apparently naming children Artus+Galvan (Arthur+Gawain) from E12thC—intriguingly early knowledge of Arthur!
By 1173, someone with the family name of Merlin appears as a witness in a document issued at Lisbon...!
I suppose it could be Geoffrey reaching for the Latin Merlinus.
Yes, looks like a change by Geoffrey to avoid the unfortunate connotations that keeping the -d- would produce :)
Fwiw, Benjamin de Tudela in mid12thC indicates that English merchants by then trading as far afield as Alexandria...pic.twitter.com/Y5HrNEDUMA
Benjamin de Tudela was a Jewish merchant, traveller+writer; translation of his important 12thC account online here: http://www.teachittome.com/seforim2/seforim/masaos_binyomin_mitudela_with_english.pdf …
Was European/Islamic money used as currency in the UK & elsewhere? If so the forerunner of the Euro?
Certainly likely that a significant volume of such coinage in circulation in England then, but Q is difficult!
Poss relevant is Venetian coinage in E15thC/E16thC? Filled role as small change in Eng: http://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/2009_BNJ_79_7.pdf …
Apparently 8th cent Offa copied Dinars of Abbasid Caliphate (774) with some Arabic script. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_contributions_to_Medieval_Europe …
He did indeed! My take on these here :)https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/721428991412977664 …
@caitlinrgreen you and your brief posts 
@richardhesketh4 Some are definitely briefer than others! ;)
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just had a pleasant stay on the Druids stronghold of Anglesey 
@richardhesketh4 Sounds fun! Hope you didn't run into any giant sea-cats whilst that way, rumoured to swim around those parts! ;)
@caitlinrgreen i think those sea cats had left their calling card on the beach 
@caitlinrgreen funny how counterfeits were made to look like Arab coins. Speaks to the quality and value.
very interesting
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