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Dr Caitlin Green
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Dr Caitlin Green

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History, archaeology, place-names & early lit. Main research on post-Roman Britain & Anglo-Saxon England; also long-distance trade, migration & contact.

Cornwall/Lincolnshire
caitlingreen.org
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    1. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 20 Jul 2016
      Replying to @caitlinrgreen

      Camels also present in L10thC Poland+Germany, w/ Mieszko I of Poland giving one as a gift to Otto III in 980s:https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Db9Z_BagLw8C&lpg=PA25&pg=PA25#v=onepage&q&f=false …

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      Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 20 Jul 2016

      Henry I of England in the E12thC also kept camels & a porcupine at Woodstock, Oxfordshire! https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uabPSAAACAAJ …pic.twitter.com/SgJiWDHSiq

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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 20 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          An interesting brief discussion of royal menageries in England, incl Henry I's at Woodstock: https://parksandgardensuk.wordpress.com/2014/07/17/elephants-and-the-royal-menagerie/ …pic.twitter.com/1IcQOCgPaI

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 20 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Matthew Paris's mid-13thC drawing of Henry III's elephant from his menagerie: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2013/05/the-elephant-at-the-tower.html …pic.twitter.com/HUnoxusg2z

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        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 21 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          More on Henry III's elephant+a 2nd drawing of it by Matthew Paris: https://theparkerlibrary.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/matthew-paris-and-the-elephant-at-the-tower/ … & http://www.finerollshenry3.org.uk/redist/pdf/fm-06-2012.pdf …pic.twitter.com/R5sO5VD832

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        5. Peire Allessandro‏ @DukeOfRomford 12 Aug 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          King Henry 111, Father of Edward 1.

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        6. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 12 Aug 2016
          Replying to @DukeOfRomford

          Yes, that's the one :)

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        2. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 24 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Otto I of Germany also had camels, prob via a mid-10thC delegation of 'Saracens' :) https://www.academia.edu/8482748/Cosmopolitan_Claims_Islamicate_Spolia_during_the_Reign_of_King_Henry_II_1002_24_in_Medieval_History_Journal_15_2_2012_S._299-318 …pic.twitter.com/QkWJSBaMCe

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        3. Marius Hollenga‏ @MariusHollenga 17 Oct 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          I blame the Greeks!

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        4. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 17 Oct 2016
          Replying to @MariusHollenga

          Hah!

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        2. Ahmed Aloirati‏ @Ahmed_Aloirati 20 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          did this camel's arrive alone, or with keepers? I think they must check nearby cemeteries.

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 20 Jul 2016
          Replying to @Ahmed_Aloirati

          They certainly often had keepers travelling with them, so seems credible! And yes, I agree!

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        2. SusanMarieMartin PhD‏ @smariem13 6 Aug 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          And globalization is supposed to be a late 20th century phenomenon. Not!

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 6 Aug 2016
          Replying to @smariem13

          Absolutely! :)

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        2. George Rick‏ @GeorgeRick1 20 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          "Although a camel may have no quills, a wise man would prefer to be sat upon by a porcupine."

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        3. Dr Caitlin Green‏ @caitlinrgreen 20 Jul 2016
          Replying to @GeorgeRick1

          Hah! Not untrue! :)

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        1. Phil Gabe‏ @Gabe55Gabe 24 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen @DrJaninaRamirez

          Don't get any ideas Janina!

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        1. James Stanhope‏ @ManchurianDevil 24 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          Porcupines native to Africa! Learning something new from Pliny and Isidore:)

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        1. Neal Hyett‏ @HyettNeal 20 Jul 2016
          Replying to @caitlinrgreen

          overlooked. Famous menagerie ;-0)

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