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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Interestingly, a Herbert Maumet (=Mahumet) also served as sergeant of Portsmouth in mid13thC...https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/740179492052828160 …
Thank you so much for this! Was discussing with a coursemate of mine about African migrants in the MA
(2) after discussing about the presence of black people in medieval Britain. That will keep him quiet for a while.
Glad it's useful! There is certainly more archaeological+historical evidence than people often think, or so it seems to me! :)
@DorothyKing Do you know where they lived in Hampshire?
Charter they witnessed relates to Portsmouth :) Fwiw al-Idrisi in 12thC calls S'hampton "a flourishing town"...
Wow! That's so cool :)
is this 'evidence' based purely upon someone's name, or is there any genetic evidence?
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