A note on the evidence for African migrants in Bronze Age–Medieval Britain — new post :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/05/a-note-on-evidence-for-african-migrants.html …pic.twitter.com/lnldjbZaKI
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'The Saracen mercenaries of Richard I', F.M. Powicke—Richard said to have 120 in his employ! https://archive.org/stream/scottishhistoric08edinuoft#page/104/mode/2up …pic.twitter.com/pZrnM6OcvW
Interestingly, would appear that Henry II also had Saracen mercenaries in his employ in the 1180s: http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/prosopon/issue11-1.pdf … (p.1 & fn.3)
Just 7 pp & very interesting.
Agreed, fascinating piece! :)
Very interesting thread. Thanks.
my pleasure, glad you like :)
Same period so did Frederick II Holy Roman Emperor... It was lingua franca for medicine. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor …
True! He was also taught in childhood by Adelard of Bath who translated Arabic works into Latin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelard_of_Bath …
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