Islamic gold dinars in late eleventh- and twelfth-century England -- new brief post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2016/04/islamic-gold-dinars-anglo-norman.html …pic.twitter.com/wUWAM8C7kn
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Benjamin de Tudela was a Jewish merchant, traveller+writer; translation of his important 12thC account online here: http://www.teachittome.com/seforim2/seforim/masaos_binyomin_mitudela_with_english.pdf …
Benjamin de Tudela also mentions presence of English merchants at Montpellier in the 1160s: http://www.teachittome.com/seforim2/seforim/masaos_binyomin_mitudela_with_english.pdf …pic.twitter.com/3gVU5UAhdS
Ofc, these merchants by no means first, eg in 8thC an Anglo-Saxon merchant named Botto based at Marseille (s.a.790): http://www.dmgh.de/de/fs1/object/goToPage/bsb00000868.html?pageNo=17 …
Also interesting that both Anglo-Saxon+British slaves available in Provence in 6thC & 7thC: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=F6FbuKU3ZAYC&pg=PA177#v=onepage&q&f=false …pic.twitter.com/BbfTaBWciV
Procopius on Angles in Constantinople during the mid-6thC as part of a Frankish delegation (Wars, VIII.xx.7–10)pic.twitter.com/8xHL9rjy5p
That's interesting. Wonder if they were dealing with Pagan or Christianised AS at this time...?
Usually assumed pagan, but Christian Saxons on Iona w/ St Columba before arrival of St Augustine...https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/740880898925731840 …
How much earlier English merchants+travellers in this area open to debate but cf Anglo-Saxon beads in Africa?https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/729031246651789312 …
Also, fwiw, Alfred in 9thC said to have sent alms to India or Judea (ASC 883, trans Swanton) http://www.strangehistory.net/2011/07/15/anglo-saxons-in-southern-india/ …pic.twitter.com/8wTBHEVBfo
So the Irish pub was alive and well, even then?!
Hah! So it would seem...!
I'm loving your tweets, btw. So many stunners. Thanks.
Very kind of you to say! :)
Fascinating! I use citrus in some of my meads, When I did reenactments people sometimes asked if it was possible.
Interesting! Why not, I say---long-distance travel and trade def taking place! :)
My argument was always that I was a travelling trader. Made mead there local preservative, brought it back.
interesting "also Javan, whose people are called the Greeks and the Turks" What do you make if that?
Some info here :) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javan
Thanks Caitlan. I was thinking Java. There were Ottoman & Persian connections with Java & Nusantara but I see I was mistaken.
Nice to see them bigging up the little Essex suburb of Hainault even then.
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