Poss that African ppl present as Thanet="transit centre" for trade between Med+Scandinavia: https://www.academia.edu/12497151/Rock_art_and_Metal_Trade …pic.twitter.com/shqiTc0pGf
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At the court of the 9thC Danish king, w/ Danes again depicted as Muslims/Saracens (15thC): http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=harley_ms_2278_f047r …pic.twitter.com/ogJhuy5kvG
Also interesting is claim that some of Vikings who attacked Seville in 844 stayed+converted: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Ij8jCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA82#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/KtBznBdk68
haha that made me chuckle... "its said they later made a living selling cheese" quite a lifestyle change
A L9thC Islamic incense burner found in Sweden; currently in Länsmuseet Gävleborg: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=wuN-AgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA547&pg=PA547#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/ugYoCEKdZ7
Problematic relating Rus to Scandinavian Vikings though. At what point do Rus cease to be (representative of) Vikings?
Oh absolutely *steps away from can of worms* ;) Hence 'potential' & citing Mikkelsen :) Otoh, al-baringar etc=interesting :)
Definitely interesting, agreed. A can of worms that is well worth opening if one has the time and resources though. :)
Even more of a can of worms when one removes concept of monolithic Viking identity. It's the stuff of research proposals! :)
Yes, absolutely! :)
And thank you for always posting the most interesting & informative historical tweets!
Very kind of you to say, thank you! And I could say the same to you! :)
If they settled along the Volga wouldn't their present day descendants be the Tatar people who also adhere to Islam
No arch. evidence in Scand. and the Volodymir/Jaroslav empire (Kyiv Rus) too strong to allow islam - IMH ;-)
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