According to 14thC prose Brut, 1st inhabitants of Britain=33 Syrian women who arrived by sea https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GGh3qeEuN1IC&pg=PA73&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/C2bT6MZ9VH
History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.
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According to 14thC prose Brut, 1st inhabitants of Britain=33 Syrian women who arrived by sea https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GGh3qeEuN1IC&pg=PA73&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/C2bT6MZ9VH
Albina & her sisters from Syria arrive in Britain, mid15thC, MS Laud Misc. 733 f.18r: http://bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk:8180/luna/servlet/s/7gi9g9 …pic.twitter.com/NcCVthefdP
The arrival of Brutus, who kills the sisters' gigantic offspring+renames the island Britain: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/ILLUMIN.ASP?Size=mid&IllID=19682 …pic.twitter.com/1eLta4M9ji
Fwiw, Guinevere said to be daughter of a giant (Ogrfan), making her a descendant of these Syrian sisters if viewed via the Brut tradition :)
Also interesting is 12thC legend that Ireland+Britain conquered in 6thC by an African king: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=biQ6iC_ua9AC&lpg=PA201&pg=PA201#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/umkll2hwkp
Gormund's African troops were said to have played a pivotal role in helping the Saxons conquer Britain, see furtherhttps://books.google.co.uk/books?id=z40yCgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA261&pg=PA261#v=onepage&q&f=false …
I can't load book. But these African troops aren't just myth?
Ah, that'll be Google Books; loads differently for different people, sorry :( These are legends, but fascinating nonetheless
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